Doto lemchei
Doto lemchei is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
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| The nudibranch Doto lemchei, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Dendronotida |
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| Species: | D. lemchei |
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| Doto lemchei Ortea & Urgorri, 1978 [1] | |
Distribution
This species was first described from Galicia, Spain. It was subsequently reported from Britain and Ireland.[2]
Description
This dendronotid nudibranch is olive brown in colour with no dark spots on the ceratal tubercles. The tips of the tubercles appear pale or white due to white, internal, glandular cells.[3]
Ecology
Doto lemchei feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia tuberculata, family Aglaopheniidae.
References
- Ortea J. & Urgorri V. (1978). El género Doto Oken, 1815 en el Norte y Noroeste de Espana. Boletín de la Estación Central de Ecología ICONA 7 (14): 73-92
- Picton B.E. & Brown G.H. (1981). Four Nudibranch Gastropods new to the fauna of Great Britain and Ireland including a description of a new species of Doto Oken. Irish Naturalist's Journal 20(7): 261-268
- Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
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