Doto xangada
| Doto xangada | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Doto
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| Species: | D. xangada
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto xangada Ortea, 2010[1]
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Doto xangada is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution[]
This species was first described from four specimens collected at Caleta James, Santiago, Galapagos Islands.
Description[]
This dendronotid nudibranch is white with pink purple to reddish brown digestive gland showing through the skin. The cerata have large globular tubercles which are white.
Ecology[]
Doto xangada was found associated with small thecate hydroids at low water mark.
References[]
- ^ Ortea J., 2010. Tres nuevas especies de Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), colectadas en el Caribe de Costa Rica y en las Islas Galapagos. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 21(3-4): 109-115, page 113.
Categories:
- Dotidae
- Gastropods described in 2010