Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Dotidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Tritonioidea Genus Doto | |
Doto caballa 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 described from Ceuta, an autonomous city of Spain on the north coast of Africa, and Albufeira on the south coast of Portugal, both localities at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
The body of this dendronotid nudibranch is mostly translucent white in colour, with dense spots and dots of black along the middle of the back and more widely spaced spots on the sides of the body. The ceratal tubercles are short and usually have black spots at the tips
Ecology
The diet of Doto caballa is currently unknown.
References
Doto caballa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA