''Doto tuberculata'' 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.
[Gofas, S. (2015)]
''Doto tuberculata'' Lemche, 1976.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-28
Distribution
The holotype for this species was collected in
Killary Harbour,
Ireland. The original description also cites specimens from the Mewstone and near the
Eddystone Rocks
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,
Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
,
England, and Skird Rocks,
Galway Bay. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland.
Description
This nudibranch is pale brown with black spots on the
ceratal tubercles. There are rows of tubercles tipped with black spots running across the body between the cerata; typically four tubercles in a row.
[Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015)]
''Doto tuberculata'' Lemche, 1976.
n/nowiki> Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-28
Ecology
''Doto tuberculata'' feeds on the
hydroid ''Sertularella gayi'', family
Sertulariidae.
References
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Dotidae
Gastropods described in 1976