Doto africana

Doto africana is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]

Doto africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Dotidae
Genus:
Doto
Species:
D. africana
Binomial name
Doto africana
Eliot, 1905[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Chuaka, Mkoani, Pemba, Tanzania, Africa.

Description

The size of the body attains 15 mm.

References
  1. Eliot, C. N. E. 1905. On some nudibranchs from east Africa and Zanzibar. Part VI. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2:268-298, pls. 16-17.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Doto africana Eliot, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26.
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