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Doto rosacea

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Doto rosacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Dotidae
Genus:
Doto
Species:
D. rosacea
Binomial name
Doto rosacea
Baba, 1949[1]

Doto rosacea is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.[1]

Description

The body of this dendronotid nudibranch is mottled with rose-pink on a pale pink background with clusters of white dots along the middle of the back. The cerata have elongate tubercles and are also rose-pink in colour.[2]

Ecology

Doto rosacea feeds on a hydroid, probably family Aglaopheniidae.

References

  1. ^ a b Baba, K., 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoyen
  2. ^ Jun Imamotu - Doto rosacea, a specimen from Japan, at Medslugs.de
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