Doto xangada

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Doto xangada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Dotidae
Genus:
Doto
Species:
D. xangada
Binomial name
Doto xangada
Ortea, 2010 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was first described from four specimens collected at Caleta James, Santiago, Galapagos Islands.

Description

This dendronotid nudibranch is white with pink purple to reddish brown digestive gland showing through the skin. The cerata have large globular tubercles which are white.

Ecology

Doto xangada was found associated with small thecate hydroids at low water mark.

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References

  1. ↑ Ortea J., 2010. Tres nuevas especies de Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), colectadas en el Caribe de Costa Rica y en las Islas Galapagos. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 21(3-4): 109-115, page 113.
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