Doto rosacea is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Doto rosacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Dotidae |
Genus: | Doto |
Species: | D. rosacea
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Binomial name | |
Doto rosacea |
Distribution
editThis species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.[1]
Description
editThe body of this nudibranch is mottled with rose-pink on a pale pink background with clusters of white dots along the middle of the back. The cerata have elongate tubercles and are also rose-pink in colour.[2]
Ecology
editDoto rosacea feeds on a hydroid, probably family Aglaopheniidae.
References
edit- ^ a b Baba, K., 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoyen
- ^ Jun Imamotu - Doto rosacea, a specimen from Japan, at Medslugs.de