Biology:Doto hydrallmaniae
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Doto hydrallmaniae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. hydrallmaniae
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto hydrallmaniae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992[1]
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Doto hydrallmaniae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was first described from the Isle of Man, United Kingdom .
Description
This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles.[3] Its body size attains 10 mm.
Ecology
Doto hydrallmaniae feeds on the hydroid Hydrallmania falcata, family Sertulariidae.
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.
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Doto hydrallmaniae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Doto hydrallmaniae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992.[In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
Wikidata ☰ Q5061857 entry
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