Doto sarsiae
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| The nudibranch Doto sarsiae, Strangford Lough, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. sarsiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992[1] | |
Doto sarsiae is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
This species was first described from the Isle of Man, United Kingdom.
Description
This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles. The digestive gland inside the cerata is bright rose-red in colour.[2]
Ecology
Doto sarsiae feeds on the hydroid Coryne eximia, family Corynidae.
References
- ↑ Morrow C.C., Thorpe J.P. & Picton B. (1992). Genetic divergence and cryptic speciation in two morphs of the common subtidal nudibranch Doto coronata (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea: Dotoidae) from the Northern Irish Sea. Marine Ecology Progress series, 84(1): 53-61.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland