Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Dotidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Tritonioidea Genus Doto | |
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Doto varaderoensis 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 Playa de Varadero, Cuba. It has also been reported from Puerto Rico and Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida.
Description
The body of this dendronotid nudibranch is translucent brown in colour. The cerata have numerous tubercles which are swollen and globular in appearance.
The maximum recorded body length is 10 mm.
Ecology
Minimum recorded depth is 1 m. Maximum recorded depth is 5 m.
Doto varaderoensis was found associated with the hydroids Thyroscyphus sp. in the family Sertulariidae.
References
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