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Doto alidrisi

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Doto alidrisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. alidrisi
Binomial name
Doto alidrisi
Ortea, Moro & Ocaña, 2010[1]

Doto alidrisi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from Ceuta, an autonomous city of Spain on the north coast of Africa, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

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The body of this nudibranch is mostly translucent white in colour, with fine mottling of black along the middle of the back and the sides of the body. The ceratal tubercles are unusually elongate with the terminal tubercle being one third of the length of the entire ceras.[3]

Ecology

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The diet of Doto alidrisi is currently unknown.

References

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  1. ^ Ortea J., Moro L., Ocaña O. & Bacallado J.J., (2010) Contribución al estudio del género Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en Ceuta (España) con la descripción de nuevas especies. Archived October 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 21(3–4): 81–91 [issued september 2010], page(s): 84–86, 90.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Doto alidrisi Ortea, Moro & Ocaña, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28
  3. ^ Trainito, E. & Doneddu, M., (2014) Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. 2nd Edition. Il Castello. ISBN 9788865204801, 192 pages.