Doto eireana
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. eireana |
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| Doto eireana | |
Doto eireana is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland.
Description
[edit]This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Doto eireana feeds on the hydroid Amphisbetia operculata, family Sertulariidae.
References
[edit]- ↑ Lemche H. (1976). New British species of Doto Oken, 1815. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 691-706
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-28