Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Dotidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Tritonioidea Genus Doto | |
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Similar Doto, Aldisa zetlandica, Doto tuberculata, Doto hystrix, Doto pinnatifida | ||
Doto millbayana 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 Plymouth, United Kingdom. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland, and south to Galicia, Spain.
Description
This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles. Extra spots occur on the surfaces of the cerata between the tubercles. The back and sides are spattered with red pigment which extends up the inner faces of the rhinophore sheaths.
Ecology
Doto millbayana feeds on the hydroid Plumularia setacea, family Plumulariidae.
References
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