''Doto millbayana'' 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
Plymouth
Plymouth () is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately south-west of Exeter and south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.
Plymouth ...
,
United Kingdom. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland, and south to Galicia, Spain.
[Ortea J. & Urgorri V. (1978). El género ''Doto'' Oken, 1815 en el Norte y Noroeste de Espana. Boletín de la Estación Central de Ecología ICONA 7 (14): 73-92]
Description
This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the
ceratal tubercles. Extra spots occur on the surfaces of the cerata between the tubercles. The back and sides are spattered with red pigment which extends up the inner faces of the rhinophore sheaths.
[Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. n">Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In]
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Ecology
''Doto millbayana'' feeds on the hydroid ''Plumularia setacea'', family Plumulariidae">hydroid (zoology)">hydroid ''Plumularia setacea'', family from=Q5054389
Dotidae
Gastropods described in 1976">Plumulariidae.
References
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Dotidae
Gastropods described in 1976