''Doto columbiana'' is a
species of
sea slug, a
nudibranch, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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in the
family Dotidae''.
Distribution
This species was first described from specimens dredged at 22–33 m depth between Brandon Island and the head of
Departure Bay and two more from
Nanoose Bay,
Vancouver Island,
British Columbia, Canada. It has been reported from the Pacific coast of North America from British Columbia to
Santa Barbara,
California.
Description
This species of ''Doto'' has a cream coloured body with grey mottled markings on the back and sides. This pigment can vary from pale grey-brown to almost black in some individuals. The dark pigment forms rings around the bases of the cerata in well-marked specimens.
Ecology
''Doto columbiana'' feeds on the
hydroid ''Aglaophenia'' sp., family
Aglaopheniidae
Aglaopheniidae is a family of hydrozoans.
Genera
According to the World Register of Marine Species, these genera belong to this family:
* ''Aglaophenia'' Lamouroux, 1812
* '' Aglaophenopsis'' Fewkes, 1881
* '' Carpocladus'' Vervoort & Watson, 2 ...
.
[McDonald, G., (2015)]
''Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.''
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References
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Dotidae
Gastropods described in 1921