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

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in the family Dotidae.

Distribution

Distribution of ''Doto wildei'' includes

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and Panama (but the identification of this species in Panama is uncertain, because it lacks pseudogills on the cerata).

Description

Body is narrow and elongate. Rhinophores are smooth with tight rhinophoral sheaths. Cerata are with rounded tubercles; apical tubercles are much larger than the rest. Cerata are spaced out along the dorsum. Background color is translucent gray with a series of opaque white spots on the dorsum. Cerata are with cream or white extensions of the digestive gland. The body size is up to 4 mm.

Ecology

It was found on hydroids in Panama.

References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the referenceGoodheart J. A., Ellingson R. A., Vital X. G., Galvão Filho H. C., McCarthy J. B., Medrano S. M., Bhave V. J., García-Méndez K., Jiménez L. M., López G. & Hoover C. A. (2016). "Identification guide to the heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Bocas del Toro, Panama". ''Marine Biodiversity Records'' 9(1): 56. {{Taxonbar, from=Q13596913 Dotidae Gastropods described in 1970 Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus Taxa named by Ernst Marcus (zoologist)