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Doto curere

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Doto curere
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. curere
Binomial name
Doto curere
Ortea, 2001[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Description

This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent grey in colour. The cerata have rather pointed tubercles without terminal spots.[2]

Ecology

Doto curere was found on rocky reefs with an abundance of hydroids. The specific food for this species is unknown.

References

  1. ^ Ortea J. (2001) El género Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en el mer Caribe: Historia natural y descripción de nuevas especies. Avicennia Suppl. 3 : 1-46. page(s): 21
  2. ^ Doto curere account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica Archived July 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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