Doto rosacea
| Doto rosacea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Tritonioidea |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. rosacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto rosacea Baba, 1949[1] | |
Doto rosacea is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Sagami Bay, Japan.[1]
Description
The body of this dendronotid nudibranch is mottled with rose-pink on a pale pink background with clusters of white dots along the middle of the back. The cerata have elongate tubercles and are also rose-pink in colour.[2]
Ecology
Doto rosacea feeds on a hydroid, probably family Aglaopheniidae.
References
- 1 2 Baba, K., 1949. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty The Emperor of Japan. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoyen
- ↑ Jun Imamotu - Doto rosacea, a specimen from Japan, at Medslugs.de
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