Doto (gastropod)

Doto is a genus of dendronotid sea slug, a nudibranch in the Family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula.[3]

Doto
Doto varaderoensis with spawn
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Dotidae
Genus:
Doto

Oken, 1815[1]
Type species
Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[2]
  • Dotilla Bergh, 1879 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotilla Stimpson, 1858; Iduliella is a replacement name)
  • Dotona Iredale, 1918 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotona Carter, 1880)
  • Gellina Gray, 1850
  • Idalia Gray, 1847
  • Idulia Leach, 1852
  • Iduliella Thiele, 1931
  • Timorella Bergh, 1905

Oken's 1815 Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte has been placed by ICZN Opinion 417 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoology, but an exception was made for Doto which has been placed by ICZN Opinion 697 on the Official List of Generic Names.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Doto include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Doto armoricana Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)
  • Doto aurea Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
  • Doto aurita Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838)
  • Doto aurita Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
  • Doto cinerea Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
  • Doto cornaliae Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto cuspidata Alder & Hancock, 1862
  • Doto costae Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Doto doerga Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1963: synonym of Doto pygmaea (Bergh, 1871)
  • Doto forbesii Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Doto ganda Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961
  • Doto nigra Eliot, 1910: synonym of Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)
  • Doto ocellifera Simroth, 1895: synonym of Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895)
  • Doto pinnigera Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838)
  • Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Doto splendida Pola & Gosliner, 2015: synonym of Doto splendidissima Pola & Gosliner, 2015
  • Doto styligera Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto paulinae Trinchese, 1881
  • Doto susanae Fez, 1962: synonym of Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888
  • Doto umia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969: synonym of Doto chica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
  • Doto uncinata Hesse, 1872: synonym of Hancockia uncinata (Hesse, 1872)
  • Doto varians MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Doto kya Er. Marcus, 1961
  • Doto wara Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961

References
  1. Oken L. (1815). Lehrb. Nat. 3(1): 278.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Doto. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-07
  3. W. J. Lambert (1991). "Coexistence of Hydroid Eating Nudibranchs: Do Feeding Biology and Habitat Use Matter?". The Biological Bulletin. 181 (2): 248–260. doi:10.2307/1542096. PMID 29304644.
  4. Moles J., Wägele H, Ballesteros M., Pujals Á., Uhl G., Avila C. (2016). "The End of the Cold Loneliness: 3D Comparison between Doto antarctica and a New Sympatric Species of Doto (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)". PLoS ONE. 11 (7): e0157941. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157941.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Gray J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (1)20: 267-273
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 5 November 2009
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213.
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