Doto formosa
| Doto formosa | |
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| Doto Formosa collected on Cherry Island, New Brunswick in 1875. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. formosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto formosa | |
Doto formosa is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species was first described from Rhode Island, United States.
Description
[edit]This nudibranch is pale brown with no markings.[2]
Ecology
[edit]Doto formosa feeds on hydroids.
References
[edit]- ↑ Verrill, A. E. (1875). Brief contributions to zoology from the Museum of Yale College. No. XXXIII.--Results of dredging expeditions off the New England coast in 1874. American Journal of Science & Arts, series 3, 10(55): 36-43. Plate 3, 4.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (September 4) Doto formosa Verrill, 1875. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.