Doto lemchei
| Doto lemchei | |
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| The nudibranch Doto lemchei, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. lemchei
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto lemchei Ortea & Urgorri, 1978 [1]
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Doto lemchei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species was first described from Galicia, Spain. It was subsequently reported from Britain and Ireland.[2]
Description
[edit]This nudibranch is olive brown in colour with no dark spots on the ceratal tubercles. The tips of the tubercles appear pale or white due to white, internal, glandular cells.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Doto lemchei feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia tuberculata, family Aglaopheniidae.
References
[edit]- ^ Ortea J. & Urgorri V. (1978). El género Doto Oken, 1815 en el Norte y Noroeste de Espana. Boletín de la Estación Central de Ecología ICONA 7 (14): 73-92
- ^ Picton B.E. & Brown G.H. (1981). Four Nudibranch Gastropods new to the fauna of Great Britain and Ireland including a description of a new species of Doto Oken. Irish Naturalist's Journal 20(7): 261-268
- ^ Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C. "Doto lemchei - Ortea & Urgorri, 1978". Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-31.