Doto formosa is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto formosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Dotidae |
Genus: | Doto |
Species: | D. formosa
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Binomial name | |
Doto formosa |
Distribution
editThis species was first described from Rhode Island, United States.
Description
editThis nudibranch is pale brown with no markings.[2]
Ecology
editDoto formosa feeds on hydroids.
References
edit- ^ Verrill, A. E. (1875). Brief contributions to zoology from the Museum of Yale College. No. XXXIII.--Results of dredging expeditions off the New England coast in 1874. American Journal of Science & Arts, series 3, 10(55): 36-43. Plate 3, 4.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (September 4) Doto formosa Verrill, 1875. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.