Doto orcha
| Doto orcha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Doto
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| Species: | D. orcha
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto orcha Yonow, 2000[1]
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Doto orcha is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution[]
This species was first described from the Gulf of Aquaba, Red Sea.[2]
Description[]
This dendronotid nudibranch is very elongate with paired cerata which are widely spaced down the length of the body.[3]
Ecology[]
Doto orcha feeds on the hydroid Dynamena disticha.
References[]
- ^ Yonow, N., 2000. Red Sea Opisthobranchia 4: The orders Cephalaspidea, Anaspidea, Notaspidea and Nudibranchia: Dendronotacea and Aeolidacea. Fauna of Arabia, 18: 87-131.
- ^ "Doto orcha [in] Opisthobranchs of Eilat". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
- ^ Yonow, N., 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Series Faunistica, Volume 74. Sofia (Bulgaria) : Pensoft Publishers, p.234.
Categories:
- Dotidae
- Gastropods described in 2000