Doto affinis

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Doto affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. affinis
Binomial name
Doto affinis

Doto affinis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]

Distribution[edit]

This species was described from La Rochelle, France.

Description[edit]

Doto affinis is described and illustrated as an animal with rhinophores in sheaths like other Doto species but with smooth cerata capped with white, resembling an aeolid. It is said to be similar to Doto coronata and found in similar places.

Ecology[edit]

Doto affinis is a species which has not been recognised by recent authors.

References[edit]

  1. ^ D'Orbigny, A. 1837. Mémoire sur des espèces et sur des genres nouveaux de l'ordre des nudibranches, observés sur les côtes de France. Guerin Magasin de Zoologie 7 Class 5, pp. 1-16, pls. 102-109.
  2. ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Doto affinis (d'Orbigny, 1837). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28