Doto lemchei

Doto lemchei (Ortea & Urgorri, 1978)

Doto lemchei by Luis Ángel Díaz Álvarez

WoRMS Taxonomic Information

Current accepted name: Doto lemchei Ortea & Urgorri, 1978

Current classification

SuperdomainBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
InfraclassEuthyneura
SubterclassRingipleura
SuperorderNudipleura
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderCladobranchia
SuperfamilyDendronotoidea
FamilyDotidae
GenusDoto
SpeciesDoto lemchei Ortea & Urgorri, 1978
Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Doto. From Latin “Doto”, from “Dōtō”, a sea nymph in Greek mythology.
  • Lemchei. In honor to Dr. Henning Mourier Lemche, (1904-1977), Danish opisthobranch researcher.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Doto lemchei
Sources:
OBIS
GROC 2010-2011
Enric Madrenas
João Pedro Silva
Bernard Picton
GBIF
OPK
VIMAR
Manuel Ballesteros
M@re Nostrum
Altres fonts
Marine Regions

Abundance

Western Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Eastern Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Atlantic Ocean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Month

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

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Bibliography

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2025) "Doto lemchei" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 24/10/2012. Accessed: 05/09/2026. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=2450)