Doto furva

Doto furva Garcia J. C. & Ortea, 1984

Doto furva @ Tarifa (Spain) by Manuel Martínez Chacón

WoRMS Taxonomic Information

Current accepted name: Doto furva García-Gómez & Ortea, 1984

Current classification

SuperdomainBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
InfraclassEuthyneura
SubterclassRingipleura
SuperorderNudipleura
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderCladobranchia
SuperfamilyDendronotoidea
FamilyDotidae
GenusDoto
SpeciesDoto furva García-Gómez & Ortea, 1984
Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Doto. Name of a Nereid, a Sea Nymph in Greek Mythology.
  • Furva. Derived from Latin “furvus”, dark, dusky, gloomy, swarthy, black.

Distribution

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Abundance

Northeastern Atlantic
2
Western Mediterranean
0
Eastern Mediterranean
0
No records Occasional Infrequent Frequent Very frequent

Relative abundance of Doto furva among the different marine basins, based on our own records

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Doto furva based on our own records.

This chart displays the number of annual observations of Doto furva over the last 50 years, based on our own records. The trend should be interpreted with caution, as it may be biased by the growing popularity of this animal group.

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Bibliography

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2025) "Doto furva" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 06/10/2014. Accessed: 04/11/2026. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=15097)