''Doto furva'' 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 is known from
Tarifa and
Ceuta, on both sides of the
Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar ( ar, مضيق جبل طارق, Maḍīq Jabal Ṭāriq; es, Estrecho de Gibraltar, Archaic: Pillars of Hercules), also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Medi ...
, at the entrance to the
Mediterranean Sea.
Description
The body of this nudibranch is mostly translucent white in colour, with yellow ovotestis showing through the middle of the body in mature animals. The
ceratal tubercles are capped with black, giving a very characteristic appearance.
[Trainito, E. & Doneddu, M., 2014. Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. 2nd Edition. Il Castello. , 192 pages.]
Ecology
''Doto furva'' feeds on the
hydroid ''Sertularella cylindritheca'', family
Sertulariidae.
References
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Dotidae
Gastropods described in 1984