Doto duao

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

Doto duao
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. duao
Binomial name
Doto duao
Ortea, 2001[1]

Distribution

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

Description

This dendronotid nudibranch is translucent white with fine brown spotting on the top and sides of the body and clear patches around the bases of the cerata. The cerata have a blue iridescence and the tubercles have internal blue spots. There is always a crescent-shaped red spot on the inner base of the peduncle at the insertion of cerata into the body.[2]

The maximum recorded body length is 6 mm.[3]

Ecology

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 19 m.[3]

Doto duao was found associated with small hydroids of the family Sertulariidae; these are probably its prey.

References
  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 duao account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica Archived July 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  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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