Doto orcha
| Doto orcha | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. orcha |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto orcha Yonow, 2000[1] | |
Doto orcha is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
This species was first described from the Gulf of Aquaba, Red Sea.[2]
Description
This dendronotid nudibranch is very elongate with paired cerata which are widely spaced down the length of the body.[3]
Ecology
Doto orcha feeds on the hydroid Dynamena disticha.
References
- ↑ Yonow, N., 2000. Red Sea Opisthobranchia 4: The orders Cephalaspidea, Anaspidea, Notaspidea and Nudibranchia: Dendronotacea and Aeolidacea. Fauna of Arabia, 18: 87-131.
- ↑ Doto orcha [in] Opisthobranchs of Eilat
- ↑ Yonow, N., 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Series Faunistica, Volume 74. Sofia (Bulgaria) : Pensoft Publishers, p.234.
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