Doto cristal
Doto cristal is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
| Doto cristal | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. cristal |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto cristal Ortea, 2010[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from a single specimen, 2.5 mm in length, collected at Manzanillo, Limón, Costa Rica.
Description
This nudibranch is transparent with no pigment apart from a few white glands in the rhinophore sheaths and rhinophores. The cerata have rather pointed tubercles and are also transparent with snow white digestive gland inside them.
Ecology
Doto cristal was found amongst algae.
References
- Ortea J., 2010. Tres nuevas especies de Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), colectadas en el Caribe de Costa Rica y en las Islas Galapagos. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 21(3-4): 109-115, page 113.
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