Biology:Doto orcha
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Doto orcha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Dotidae |
Genus: | Doto |
Species: | D. orcha
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Binomial name | |
Doto orcha Yonow, 2000[1]
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Doto orcha is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
This species was first described from the Gulf of Aquaba, Red Sea.[2]
Description
This nudibranch is very elongate with paired cerata which are widely spaced down the length of the body.[3]
Ecology
Doto orcha feeds on the hydroid Dynamena disticha.
References
- ↑ Yonow, N., 2000. Red Sea Opisthobranchia 4: The orders Cephalaspidea, Anaspidea, Notaspidea and Nudibranchia: Dendronotacea and Aeolidacea. Fauna of Arabia, 18: 87-131.
- ↑ "Doto orcha [in] Opisthobranchs of Eilat". http://www.koretz.net/Eilat/Invertebrates/Molluscs/Nudibranchs/Pages/Dorcha-1.htm.
- ↑ Yonow, N., 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Series Faunistica, Volume 74. Sofia (Bulgaria) : Pensoft Publishers, p.234.
Wikidata ☰ Q13596881 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doto orcha.
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