Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Dotidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Tritonioidea Genus Doto | |
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Similar Doto coronata, Doto fragilis, Doto tuberculata, Doto pinnatifida, Doto | ||
Doto dunnei 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 Galway Bay, Ireland. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland. It is known to occur on the Mediterranean coast of Spain
Description
This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent white with dark red or black spots on the tips of the ceratal tubercles. Extra spots occur on the sides of the tubercles. The back and sides are spattered with red or brown pigment which extends up the inner faces of the rhinophore sheaths.
Ecology
Doto dunnei feeds on the hydroid Kirchenpaueria pinnata.
References
Doto dunnei Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA