Doto chica

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

Doto chica
Doto chica on substrate
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Dotidae
Genus:
Doto
Species:
D. chica
Binomial name
Doto chica
Synonyms[1]

Doto fragilis umia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969
Doto umia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969

Distribution

Distribution of Doto chica includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Cuba, Brazil and Panama.[2]

Description

The body is narrow and elongate.[2] Rhinophores are smooth and rhinophoral sheaths are with small posterior extensions.[2] Cerata are large, with rounded tubercles; apical tubercles much larger than the rest.[2] Background color is translucent gray with a dense series of dark brown spots and a less dense set of opaque white spots on the dorsum.[2] Cerata are with orange extensions of the digestive gland.[2] The maximum recorded body length is 5 mm[2] or up to 10 mm.[3]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 4 m.[3]

It can be found on hydroids.[2] It is known to feed on hydroids of the genus Eudendrium.[2]

References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[2]

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Doto chica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420621 on 2016-12-15
  2. Goodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". Marine Biodiversity Records 9(1): 56. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
  3. 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.
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