''Doto sabuli'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a

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in the family Dotidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It has also been reported from Lake Surprise, Florida and the Bahamas.Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. ''Caribbean Sea Slugs'', Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 150-151.

Description

The body is translucent with dense surface speckling of red-brown pigment on the back and sides. The areas at the base of the cerata are clear of pigment. There are no dark spots on the ceratal tubercles, just many small white glands below the skin. The maximum recorded body length is 5 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 0.6 m. Maximum recorded depth is 0.6 m. ''Doto sabuli'' was found associated with small hydroids which were growing on the rhizomes of algae in shallow water.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13596899 Dotidae Gastropods described in 2001