Doto wildei
| Doto wildei | |
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| Doto cf. wildei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | D. wildei
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto wildei Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Doto caramella wildei Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 | |
Doto wildei is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution[]
Distribution of Doto wildei includes Curaçao and Panama (but the identification of this species in Panama is uncertain, because it lacks on the cerata).[1]
Description[]
Body is narrow and elongate.[1] Rhinophores are smooth with tight rhinophoral sheaths.[1] Cerata are with rounded tubercles; apical tubercles are much larger than the rest.[1] Cerata are spaced out along the dorsum.[1] Background color is translucent gray with a series of opaque white spots on the dorsum.[1] Cerata are with cream or white extensions of the digestive gland.[1] The body size is up to 4 mm.[1]
Ecology[]
It was found on hydroids in Panama.[1]
References[]
This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
External links[]
- Dotidae
- Gastropods described in 1970
- Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus
- Taxa named by Ernst Marcus (zoologist)