Doto_rosacea

<i>Doto rosacea</i>

Doto rosacea

Species of gastropod

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

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Distribution

This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.[1]

Description

The body of this nudibranch is mottled with rose-pink on a pale pink background with clusters of white dots along the middle of the back. The cerata have elongate tubercles and are also rose-pink in colour.[2]

Ecology

Doto rosacea feeds on a hydroid, probably family Aglaopheniidae.

References

  1. [1]
    Baba, K., 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoyen
  2. [2]
    Jun Imamotu - Doto rosacea, a specimen from Japan, at Medslugs.de
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