Doto kekoldi
| Doto kekoldi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. kekoldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto kekoldi Ortea, 2001[1] | |
Doto kekoldi is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
This species was described from the eastern or Caribbean Sea coast of Costa Rica.
Description
The body of this dendronotid nudibranch is black with paler grey areas at the base of the cerata. The cerata are very irregular in shape. There are well-developed pseudobranchs arising from the inner faces of the cerata.[2]
Ecology
Doto kekoldi is found associated with the hydroid Eudendrium sp. which is presumably its prey.
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 kekoldi account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica
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