Doto floridicola

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

Doto floridicola
The nudibranch Doto floridicola, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK.
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
Species:
D. floridicola
Binomial name
Doto floridicola
Synonyms

Doto susanae Fez, 1962

Distribution

This species was first described from the Azores. It has subsequently been reported from the UK and continental coasts south to Portugal and into the Mediterranean Sea.[2]

Description

This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent white with large red spots entirely covering the ceratal tubercles. The back and sides are covered with an irregular, patchy, brown-red pigment, and there are bare areas around the bases of the cerata and along the sides of the foot.

Ecology

Doto floridicola feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia kirchenpaueri, family Aglaopheniidae.

References
  1. Simroth, H., 1888. Zur Kenntnis der Azorenfauna. Archiv für Naturgeshichte, 54: 219-221, pl. 15.
  2. Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 25) Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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