''Doto ussi'' 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
Comoros Islands
The Comoro Islands or Comoros (Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northwe ...
, in the Indian Ocean. It has subsequently been reported from the
Philippines and
Indonesia.
Description
This nudibranch is mostly uniform yellow to pale olive-brown in colour. The ceratal tubercles are large and globular and completely obscure the back when the animal is at rest.
Ecology
''Doto ussi'' is found on colonies of the stinging
hydroid, ''Aglaophenia cupressina'' (family
Aglaopheniidae
Aglaopheniidae is a family of hydrozoans.
Genera
According to the World Register of Marine Species, these genera belong to this family:
* ''Aglaophenia'' Lamouroux, 1812
* '' Aglaophenopsis'' Fewkes, 1881
* '' Carpocladus'' Vervoort & Watson, 2 ...
), on which it presumably feeds.
''Doto ussi'', photo by Hung Chi-Feng on Flickr
/ref> Many other species of ''Doto'' also feed on hydroids of the family Aglaopheniidae
Aglaopheniidae is a family of hydrozoans.
Genera
According to the World Register of Marine Species, these genera belong to this family:
* ''Aglaophenia'' Lamouroux, 1812
* '' Aglaophenopsis'' Fewkes, 1881
* '' Carpocladus'' Vervoort & Watson, 2 ...
and the other families in the superfamily Plumularioidea
Plumularioidea is a superfamily of hydrozoans in the order Leptothecata.
This superfamily unites about 45 genera in the following families:
* Aglaopheniidae Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890
* Halopterididae Millard, 1962
* Kirchenpaueriidae ...
.
References
External links
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Dotidae
Gastropods described in 1982