Doto duao
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | D. duao
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| Doto duao Ortea, 2001[1]
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Doto duao 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 white with fine brown spotting on the top and sides of the body and clear patches around the bases of the cerata. The cerata have a blue iridescence and the tubercles have internal blue spots. There is always a crescent-shaped red spot on the inner base of the peduncle at the insertion of cerata into the body.[2]
Ecology
Doto duao was found associated with small hydroids of the family Sertulariidae; these are probably its prey.
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Doto duao account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica