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Doto kekoldi

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

Doto kekoldi 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 eastern or Caribbean Sea coast of Costa Rica.

Description

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The body of this nudibranch is black with paler grey areas at the base of the cerata. The cerata are very irregular in shape. There are well-developed pseudobranchs arising from the inner faces of the cerata.[2]

The maximum recorded body length is 12 mm.[3]

Ecology

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Minimum recorded depth is 9 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 9 m.[3]

Doto kekoldi is found associated with the hydroid Eudendrium sp. which is presumably its prey.

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 kekoldi account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica Archived July 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.