Doto pinnatifida

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Doto pinnatifida
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The nudibranch Doto pinnatifida, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. pinnatifida
Binomial name
Doto pinnatifida
(Montagu, 1804) [1]
Synonyms
  • Doris pinnatifidaMontagu, 1804
  • Doto nigraEliot, 1910
  • Tritonia pinnatifida

Doto pinnatifida is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, and is found around the United Kingdom and France. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

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Distribution

This species was described from Devon, England. It is commonly found in the North Atlantic Ocean around the coasts of the United Kingdom and France. [2] It has been reported, probably in error, from around the South African coast where it is found from the Atlantic coast to Knysna. The South African species is known from the intertidal to 30 m. [3] The South African specimens are quite different in appearance to specimens from the NE Atlantic and are likely to be an undescribed species and will be referred to here as Doto cf. pinnatifida.

Description

Doto pinnatifida is a moderately sized (up to 30mm) pale-bodied nudibranch, with darkly mottled nodular clusters of cerata extending in pairs down the body. The rhinophores extend from cup-like sheaths which have black spots in the margin. [4]

The feathered doto, Doto cf. pinnatifida, taken in 25 m of water on the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula. Animals about 15 mm total length. Doto pinnatifida.jpg
The feathered doto, Doto cf. pinnatifida, taken in 25 m of water on the Atlantic side of the Cape Peninsula. Animals about 15 mm total length.

Ecology

Doto pinnatifida feeds exclusively on the hydroid Nemertesia antennina. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Montagu G. (1804). Description of several marine animals found on the south coast of Devonshire. Transactions of the Linnean Society, London, 7, pp. 61-85;pls. 6-7.
  2. 1 2 Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. 1994. A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles. Immel Publishing Ltd., 20 Berkeley Street, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5AE. ISBN   1-898162-05-0
  3. ↑ GOSLINER, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN   0-930118-13-8
  4. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
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