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Doto eireana

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Doto eireana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. eireana
Binomial name
Doto eireana
Lemche, 1976 [1]

Doto eireana 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 first described from Galway Bay, Ireland. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland.

Description

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This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles.[3]

Ecology

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Doto eireana feeds on the hydroid Amphisbetia operculata, family Sertulariidae.

References

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  1. ^ Lemche H. (1976). New British species of Doto Oken, 1815. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 56: 691-706
  2. ^ Gofas, S. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28
  3. ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Doto eireana Lemche, 1976. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-28