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Doto (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Dotidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Tritonioidea

Scientific name
  
Doto

Higher classification
  
Dotidae

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Lower classifications
  
Doto coronata, Doto pinnatifida, Doto amyra, Doto pita

Doto is a genus of dendronotid sea slug, a nudibranch in the Family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula.

Oken's 1815 Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte has been placed by ICZN Opinion 417 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoology, but an exception was made for Doto which has been placed by ICZN Opinion 697 on the Official List of Generic Names.

Species

Species within the genus Doto include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Doto armoricana Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)
  • Doto aurea Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
  • Doto aurita Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838)
  • Doto aurita Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
  • Doto cinerea Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
  • Doto cornaliae Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto cuspidata Alder & Hancock, 1862
  • Doto costae Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Doto doerga Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1963: synonym of Doto pygmaea (Bergh, 1871)
  • Doto forbesii Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Doto ganda Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961
  • Doto nigra Eliot, 1910: synonym of Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)
  • Doto ocellifera Simroth, 1895: synonym of Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895)
  • Doto pinnigera Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838)
  • Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Doto splendida Pola & Gosliner, 2015: synonym of Doto splendidissima Pola & Gosliner, 2015
  • Doto styligera Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto paulinae Trinchese, 1881
  • Doto susanae Fez, 1962: synonym of Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888
  • Doto umia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969: synonym of Doto chica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
  • Doto uncinata Hesse, 1872: synonym of Hancockia uncinata (Hesse, 1872)
  • Doto varians MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Doto kya Er. Marcus, 1961
  • Doto wara Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961

    • References

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