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Doto koenneckeri

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Doto koenneckeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. koenneckeri
Binomial name
Doto koenneckeri
Lemche, 1976 [1]

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

Distribution

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This species was first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. A specimen from Hjeltefiord, Norway is included in the original description, but given the depth and habitat (90- 40 m, Lophelia-reef) this should be treated with scepticism.

Description

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This nudibranch is white with brown surface pigment on the back and sides of the body. This pigment is missing along an irregular band connecting the ceratal bases.[2]

Ecology

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Doto koenneckeri feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia pluma, family Aglaopheniidae.

References

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  1. ^ Lemche H. (1976). New British species of Doto Oken, 1815. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 691-706
  2. ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland