Doto iugula
Doto iugula is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
| Doto iugula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. iugula |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto iugula Ortea, 2001[1] | |
Distribution
This species was described from Manzanillo on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.
Description
This nudibranch is very transparent, crystalline, with a medio-dorsal band of irregular orange spots. The cerata are transparent and the ceratal tubercles have no dark spots. The cerata have a conspicuous, orange, irregular patch near the apex. There are no pseudobranchs but just a few irregular tubercles on the inner faces of the cerata.[2]
Ecology
Doto iugula was not found associated with any food source.
References
- 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
- Doto iugula account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica Archived September 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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