Doto rosea

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

Doto rosea
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. rosea
Binomial name
Doto rosea

Distribution

This species was described from Genova, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.

Description

The body of this dendronotid nudibranch is mostly transparent whitish in colour with brown or black dots forming a marbled pattern on the back and sides. There is a conspicuous black mark in the base of each ceras. The ceratal tubercles are slightly swollen and globular and the digestive gland is pink.[2]

Ecology

Doto rosea has been reported to feed on colonies of the hydroid, Eudendrium sp. (family Eudendriidae).[3]

References
  1. Trinchese, S (1881): Aeolididae e famiglie affini del Porto di Genova. Part 2. Anatomia, Fisiologia, Embriologia delle Phyllobranchidae, Hermaeidae, Aeolididae, Proctonotidae, Dotonidae del Porto di Genova. Memorie della Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali, serie 3 11(4 January), 1-142, Pls 1-80
  2. Doto rosea - Antoni López-Arenas i Cama on Flickr
  3. Opisthobranchia des Mittelmeeres. Nudibranchia und Saccoglossa. L. Schmekel and A. Portmann, 1982. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 410 pages, 36 plates (18 in colour). Printed in German (some English sections).
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