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Doto curere

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Doto curere
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. curere
Binomial name
Doto curere
Ortea, 2001[1]

Doto curere is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Distribution

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This species was described from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Description

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This nudibranch is translucent grey in colour. The cerata have rather pointed tubercles without terminal spots.[2]

Ecology

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Doto curere was found on rocky reefs with an abundance of hydroids. The specific food for this species is unknown.

References

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  1. ^ Ortea J. (2001) El género Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en el mer Caribe: Historia natural y descripción de nuevas especies. Avicennia Suppl. 3 : 1-46. page(s): 21
  2. ^ Doto curere account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica Archived July 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine