Doto sarsiae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]
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The nudibranch Doto sarsiae, Strangford Lough, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Dotidae |
Genus: | Doto |
Species: | D. sarsiae
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Binomial name | |
Doto sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was first described from the Isle of Man, United Kingdom.
Description
editThis nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles. The digestive gland inside the cerata is bright rose-red in colour.[3] Its body size attains 12 mm.
Ecology
editDoto sarsiae feeds on the hydroid Coryne eximia, family Corynidae, formerly Sarsia eximia.
References
edit- ^ 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 sarsiae 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 sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Doto sarsiae.
- "Doto sarsiae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.