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Doto rosacea

Doto rosacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. rosacea
Binomial name
Doto rosacea
Baba, 1949[1]

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

Distribution

This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.[1]

Description

The 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

Doto rosacea feeds on a hydroid, probably family Aglaopheniidae.

References

  1. ^ a b Baba, K., 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoyen
  2. ^ Jun Imamotu - Doto rosacea, a specimen from Japan, at Medslugs.de
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