Doto wildei

Doto wildei is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Doto wildei
Doto cf. wildei
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. wildei
Binomial name
Doto wildei
Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
Synonyms[1]

Doto caramella wildei Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970

Distribution

Distribution of Doto wildei includes Curaçao and Panama (but the identification of this species in Panama is uncertain, because it lacks pseudogills on the cerata).[1]

Description

Body is narrow and elongate.[1] Rhinophores are smooth with tight rhinophoral sheaths.[1] Cerata are with rounded tubercles; apical tubercles are much larger than the rest.[1] Cerata are spaced out along the dorsum.[1] Background color is translucent gray with a series of opaque white spots on the dorsum.[1] Cerata are with cream or white extensions of the digestive gland.[1] The body size is up to 4 mm.[1]

Ecology

It was found on hydroids in Panama.[1]

References

This article incorporates Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0) text from the reference[1]

  1. Goodheart 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. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0048-z
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