Doto sarsiae

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Doto sarsiae
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In Strangford Lough, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. sarsiae
Binomial name
Doto sarsiae
Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992 [1]

Doto sarsiae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was first described from the Isle of Man, United Kingdom.

Description

This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles. The digestive gland inside the cerata is bright rose-red in colour. [3] Its body size attains 12 mm.

Ecology

Doto sarsiae feeds on the hydroid Coryne eximia, family Corynidae, formerly Sarsia eximia.

References

  1. ↑ Morrow C.C., Thorpe J.P. & Picton B. (1992). Genetic divergence and cryptic speciation in two morphs of the common subtidal nudibranch Doto coronata (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea: Dotoidae) from the Northern Irish Sea. Marine Ecology Progress series, 84(1): 53-61.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Doto sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26
  3. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Doto sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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