Doto eireana
| Doto eireana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Doto
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| Species: | D. eireana
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto eireana | |
Doto eireana is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]
Distribution[]
This species was first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland.
Description[]
This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles.[3]
Ecology[]
Doto eireana feeds on the hydroid Amphisbetia operculata, family Sertulariidae.
References[]
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Dotidae
- Gastropods described in 1976