Doto rosea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Dotidae |
Genus: | Doto |
Species: | D. rosea |
Binomial name | |
Doto rosea | |
Doto rosea is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae .
This species was described from Genova, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.
The body of this nudibranch is mostly transparent whitish in colour with brown or black dots forming a marbled pattern on the back and sides. There is a conspicuous black mark in the base of each ceras. The ceratal tubercles are slightly swollen and globular and the digestive gland is pink. [2]
Doto rosea has been reported to feed on colonies of the hydroid, Eudendrium sp. (family Eudendriidae). [3]
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