Doto alidrisi
Doto alidrisi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]
| Doto alidrisi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. alidrisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto alidrisi Ortea, Moro & Ocaña, 2010[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from Ceuta, an autonomous city of Spain on the north coast of Africa, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
The body of this nudibranch is mostly translucent white in colour, with fine mottling of black along the middle of the back and the sides of the body. The ceratal tubercles are unusually elongate with the terminal tubercle being one third of the length of the entire ceras.[3]
Ecology
The diet of Doto alidrisi is currently unknown.
References
- Ortea J., Moro L., Ocaña O. & Bacallado J.J., (2010) Contribución al estudio del género Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en Ceuta (España) con la descripción de nuevas especies. Archived October 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 21(3–4): 81–91 [issued september 2010], page(s): 84–86, 90.
- Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Doto alidrisi Ortea, Moro & Ocaña, 2010. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28
- Trainito, E. & Doneddu, M., (2014) Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. 2nd Edition. Il Castello. ISBN 9788865204801, 192 pages.
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