Doto eireana is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]
Doto eireana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Dotidae |
Genus: | Doto |
Species: | D. eireana
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Binomial name | |
Doto eireana |
Distribution
editThis species was first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland.
Description
editThis nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles.[3]
Ecology
editDoto eireana feeds on the hydroid Amphisbetia operculata, family Sertulariidae.
References
edit- ^ Lemche H. (1976). New British species of Doto Oken, 1815. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 691-706
- ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28
- ^ 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