''Doto'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary t ...
, a nudibranch in the
family
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Dotidae
Dotidae are a taxonomic family of small sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs formerly assigned to the order Opisthobranchia, but now considered to belong to the clade Dexiarchia.
This family has also been spelled in the ...
. This genus feeds on
hydroids
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Some hydroids such as the freshwater '' Hydra'' are solitary, with the polyp attached directly to the substrate. When these produce buds ...
, as reflected by its serrated radula.
Oken's 1815 ''Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte'' has been placed by
ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...
Opinion 417 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoology, but an exception was made for ''Doto'' which has been placed by ICZN Opinion 697 on the Official List of Generic Names.
Species
Species within the genus ''Doto'' include:
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012)]
''Doto''.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-07
* ''
Doto acuta''
Schmekel & Kress, 1977
* ''
Doto affinis''
(d'Orbigny, 1837)
* ''
Doto africana''
Eliot, 1905
* ''
Doto africoronata''
Shipman & Gosliner, 2015
* ''
Doto albida''
Baba, 1955
* ''
Doto alidrisi''
Ortea, Moro & Ocaña, 2010
* ''
Doto amyra''
Er. Marcus, 1961 - hammerhead doto
* ''
Doto annuligera''
Bergh, 1905
* ''
Doto antarctica Doto can refer to:
*Doto, one of the Nereid
In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides ( ; grc, Νηρηΐδες, Nērēḯdes; , also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the ' Old Man of ...
''
Eliot, 1907
* ''
Doto apiculata''
Odhner, 1936
* ''
Doto arteoi''
Ortea, 1978
* ''
Doto awapa''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto bella
''Doto bella'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae
Dotidae are a taxonomic family of small sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs formerly assigned to the order Op ...
''
Baba, 1938
* ''
Doto caballa
''Doto caballa'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae''.
Distribution
This species was described from Ceuta, an autonomous city of Spain on the north coast of Africa, and Albufeira on the s ...
''
Ortea, Moro & Bacallado, 2010
* ''
Doto cabecar
''Doto cabecar'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
This species was described from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. It has subsequently been reported from the Virgin Isla ...
''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto caramella Doto can refer to:
*Doto, one of the Nereid
In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides ( ; grc, Νηρηΐδες, Nērēḯdes; , also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the ' Old Man of ...
''
Er. Marcus, 1957
* ''
Doto carinova Doto can refer to:
*Doto, one of the Nereid
In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides ( ; grc, Νηρηΐδες, Nērēḯdes; , also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the ' Old Man of ...
'' Moles, Avila & Wägele, 2016
* ''
Doto casandra Doto can refer to:
*Doto, one of the Nereid
In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides ( ; grc, Νηρηΐδες, Nērēḯdes; , also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the ' Old Man of ...
''
Ortea, 2013
* ''
Doto cerasi Doto can refer to:
*Doto, one of the Nereid
In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides ( ; grc, Νηρηΐδες, Nērēḯdes; , also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the ' Old Man of ...
''
Ortea & Moro, 1998
* ''
Doto cervicenigra Doto can refer to:
*Doto, one of the Nereid
In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides ( ; grc, Νηρηΐδες, Nērēḯdes; , also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the ' Old Man of ...
''
Ortea & Bouchet, 1989
* ''
Doto chica
''Doto chica'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Doto chica'' includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Cuba, Brazil and Pana ...
''
Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1960
* ''
Doto cindyneutes Doto can refer to:
*Doto, one of the Nereid
In Greek mythology, the Nereids or Nereides ( ; grc, Νηρηΐδες, Nērēḯdes; , also Νημερτές) are sea nymphs (female spirits of sea waters), the 50 daughters of the ' Old Man of ...
''
Bouchet, 1977
* ''
Doto columbiana''
O'Donoghue, 1921 - British Columbia doto
* ''
Doto confluens''
Hesse, 1872
* ''
Doto coronata''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Gmelin's test, a chemical test
* Gmelin database, a German handbook/encyclopedia of inorganic compounds initiated by Leopold Gmelin
People
* Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ...
, 1791) - type species
* ''
Doto crassicornis''
M. Sars, 1870
* ''
Doto cristal''
Ortea, 2010
* ''
Doto curere''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto cuspidata''
Alder & Hancock, 1862
* ''
Doto divae''
Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1960
* ''
Doto duao''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto dunnei''
Lemche, 1976
* ''
Doto eireana''
Lemche, 1976
* ''
Doto ensifer''
Mørch, 1859
* ''
Doto eo''
Ortea & Moro, 2014
* ''
Doto escatllari''
Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1998
* ''
Doto floridicola''
Simroth, 1888
* ''
Doto fluctifraga''
Ortea & Perez, 1982
* ''
Doto formosa''
A. E. Verrill, 1875
* ''
Doto fragaria''
Ortea & Bouchet, 1989
* ''
Doto fragilis''
(Forbes, 1838)
* ''
Doto furva''
Garcia J.C. & Ortea, 1984
* ''
Doto galapagoensis''
Ortea, 2010
* ''
Doto greenamyeri''
Shipman & Gosliner, 2015
* ''
Doto hydrallmaniae''
Morrow, Thorpe and Picton, 1992
* ''
Doto hystrix''
Picton and Brown, 1981
* ''
Doto indica''
Bergh, 1888
* ''
Doto iugula''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto japonica''
Odhner, 1936
* ''
Doto kekoldi''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto koenneckeri''
Lemche, 1976
* ''
Doto kya''
Er. Marcus, 1961 - dark doto
* ''
Doto lancei''
Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1967
* ''
Doto lemchei''
Ortea and Urgorri, 1978
* ''
Doto leopardina''
Vicente, 1967
* ''
Doto maculata''
(Montagu, 1804)
* ''
Doto millbayana''
Lemche, 1976
* ''
Doto moravesa''
Ortea, 1997
* ''
Doto nigromaculata''
Eliot, 1906
* ''
Doto oblicua''
Ortea & Urgorri, 1978
* ''
Doto obscura''
Eliot, 1906
* ''
Doto onusta''
Hesse, 1872: (dubious) synonym of ''
Doto floridicola''
Simroth, 1888
* ''
Doto orcha''
Yonow, 2000
* ''
Doto oscura''
Eliot, 1906
* ''
Doto ostenta''
Burn, 1958
* ''
Doto paulinae''
Trinchese, 1881
* ''
Doto pinnatifida''
(Montagu, 1804)
* ''
Doto pita''
Marcus, 1955
* ''
Doto pontica''
Swennen, 1961
* ''
Doto proranao''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto purpurea''
Baba, 1949
* ''
Doto pygmaea''
(Bergh, 1871)
* ''
Doto racemosa''
Risbec, 1928
* ''
Doto rosacea''
Baba, 1949
* ''
Doto rosea''
Trinchese, 1881
* ''
Doto sabuli''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto sarsiae''
Morrow, Thorpe and Picton, 1992
* ''
Doto sotilloi''
(Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1998)
* ''
Doto splendidissima''
Pola & Gosliner, 2015
* ''
Doto torrelavega''
Ortea & Caballer, 2007
* ''
Doto tuberculata''
Lemche, 1976
* ''
Doto unguis''
Ortea & Rodriguez, 1989
* ''
Doto ussi''
Ortea, 1982
* ''
Doto uva''
Er. Marcus, 1955
* ''
Doto varaderoensis
''Doto varaderoensis'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Dotidae''.
Distribution
This species was described from Playa de Varadero, Cuba. It has also been reported ...
''
Ortea, 2001
* ''
Doto verdicioi''
Ortea & Urgorri, 1978
* ''
Doto wildei''
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
* ''
Doto xangada''
Ortea, 2010
* ''
Doto yongei''
Thompson, 1972
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Doto armoricana''
Hesse, 1872: synonym of ''Doto pinnatifida''
(Montagu, 1804)
* ''Doto aurea''
Trinchese, 1881: synonym of ''Doto rosea''
Trinchese, 1881
* ''Doto aurita''
Hesse, 1872: synonym of ''Doto fragilis''
(Forbes, 1838)
* ''Doto aurita''
Hesse, 1872: synonym of ''Doto rosea''
Trinchese, 1881
* ''Doto cinerea''
Trinchese, 1881: synonym of ''
Doto rosea''
Trinchese, 1881
* ''Doto cornaliae''
Trinchese, 1881: synonym of ''Doto cuspidata''
Alder & Hancock, 1862
* ''Doto costae''
Trinchese, 1881: synonym of ''
Doto coronata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Doto doerga''
Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1963: synonym of ''
Doto pygmaea''
(Bergh, 1871)
* ''Doto forbesii''
Deshayes, 1853: synonym of ''Doto coronata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Doto ganda''
Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of ''Doto amyra''
Er. Marcus, 1961
* ''Doto nigra''
Eliot, 1910: synonym of ''
Doto pinnatifida''
(Montagu, 1804)
* ''Doto ocellifera''
Simroth, 1895: synonym of ''
Costasiella ocellifera''
(Simroth, 1895)
* ''Doto pinnigera''
Hesse, 1872: synonym of ''Doto fragilis''
(Forbes, 1838)
* ''Doto splendida''
Trinchese, 1881: synonym of ''Doto coronata''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Doto splendida''
Pola & Gosliner, 2015: synonym of ''Doto splendidissima''
Pola & Gosliner, 2015
* ''Doto styligera''
Hesse, 1872: synonym of ''Doto paulinae''
Trinchese, 1881
* ''Doto susanae''
Fez, 1962: synonym of ''Doto floridicola''
Simroth, 1888
* ''Doto umia''
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969: synonym of ''
Doto chica
''Doto chica'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Doto chica'' includes Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Cuba, Brazil and Pana ...
''
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
* ''Doto uncinata''
Hesse, 1872: synonym of ''
Hancockia uncinata''
(Hesse, 1872)
* ''Doto varians''
MacFarland, 1966: synonym of ''Doto kya''
Er. Marcus, 1961
* ''Doto wara''
Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of ''Doto amyra''
Er. Marcus, 1961
References
* Gray J.E. (1847)
''On the classification of the British Mollusca''by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (1)20: 267-273
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 5 November 2009
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213.
External links
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Dotidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Lorenz Oken