Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Dotidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Tritonioidea Genus Doto | |
Similar Dotidae, Doto, Dermatobranchus, Bornella, Phyllidiella pustulosa | ||
Doto rosacea 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 Sagami Bay, Japan.
Description
The body of this dendronotid nudibranch is mottled with rose-pink on a pale pink background with clusters of white dots along the middle of the back. The cerata have elongate tubercles and are also rose-pink in colour.
Ecology
Doto rosacea feeds on a hydroid, probably family Aglaopheniidae.
References
Doto rosacea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA