Doto_eireana

<i>Doto eireana</i>

Doto eireana

Species of gastropod

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

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Distribution

This species was first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland.

Description

This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles.[3]

Ecology

Doto eireana feeds on the hydroid Amphisbetia operculata, family Sertulariidae.

References

  1. [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. [2]
    Gofas, S. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28
  3. [3]
    Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-28
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