Doto rosacea

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Doto rosacea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. rosacea
Binomial name
Doto rosacea
Baba, 1949 [1]

Doto rosacea is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae .

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Distribution

This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan. [1]

Description

The body of this nudibranch is mottled with rose-pink on a pale pink background with clusters of white dots along the middle of the back. The cerata have elongate tubercles and are also rose-pink in colour. [2]

Ecology

Doto rosacea feeds on a hydroid, probably family Aglaopheniidae.

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References

  1. 1 2 Baba, K., 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoyen
  2. Jun Imamotu - Doto rosacea, a specimen from Japan, at Medslugs.de