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Doto hystrix

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Doto hystrix
The nudibranch Doto hystrix, Firth of Lorne, Scotland.
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D. hystrix
Binomial name
Doto hystrix
Picton & Brown, 1981[1]

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

Distribution

This species was first described from Sherkin Island, Ireland. Additional specimens from the Scilly Isles were included in the original description. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland, usually from water deeper than 20 metres.

Description

This dendronotid nudibranch is uniformly brown in colour with diffuse paler markings.[2]

Ecology

Doto hystrix feeds on the hydroid Schizotricha frutescens, family Halopterididae.

References

  1. ^ Picton B.E. & Brown G.H. (1981). Four Nudibranch Gastropods new to the fauna of Great Britain and Ireland including a description of a new species of Doto Oken. Irish Naturalist's Journal 20(7): 261-268
  2. ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland