Doto koenneckeri
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. koenneckeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto koenneckeri | |
Doto koenneckeri is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc belonging to the family Dotidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species was first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. While a specimen from Hjeltefjord, Norway, is included in the original description, the depth and habitat (90–40 m, Lophelia-reef) of this record should be regarded with skepticism.
Description
[edit]This nudibranch is white with brown surface pigmentation on the back and sides of the body. This pigmentation is absent along an irregular band connecting the ceratal bases.[2]
Ecology
[edit]Doto koenneckeri feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia pluma, family Aglaopheniidae.
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
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland