''Doto duao'' 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 described from the Caribbean coast of
Costa Rica
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.
Description
This nudibranch is translucent white with fine brown spotting on the top and sides of the body and clear patches around the bases of the
cerata. The cerata have a blue iridescence and the tubercles have internal blue spots. There is always a crescent-shaped red spot on the inner base of the peduncle at the insertion of cerata into the body.
''Doto duao'' account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica
The maximum recorded body length is 6 mm.[Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.]
Ecology
Minimum recorded depth is 10 m.
References
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Dotidae
Gastropods described in 2001