Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Cladobranchia | |
Superfamily | Dendronotoidea | |
Family | Dotidae | |
Genus | Doto | |
Species | Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804) | |
Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139650). |
- Doris pinnatifida Montagu, 1804
- Doto armoricana Hesse, 1872
- Doto nigra
- Doto pinnatifida var. nigra Eliot, 1910
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Doto. From Latin “Doto”, from “Dōtō”, a sea nymph in Greek mythology.
- Pinnatifida. From Latin “Pinna”, with spire, leaf, flip, wing or feather shape.
Distribution
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References for the species: Doto pinnatifida
- Galicia: Ortea & Urgorri, 1978:73[P], Fernández-Ovies (1981), Fernández-Ovies and Ortea (1981), Urgorri and Besteiro (1983, 1984), Wirtz and Debelius (2003).
Portugal: García-Gómez et al. (1991), Calado et al. (1999, 2003).
Gibraltar: García-Gómez (1983), García-Gómez et al. (1989).
General: Alder & Hancock, 1855:fam. 3, pl. 45[P]; Brown & Picton, 1979:5; Eliot, 1910d:124; Farran, 1904:5; Fischer, 1872:18; Gosliner, 1987b:106[P]; Hunnam & Brown, 1975:138; Hayward, Wigham, & Yonow, 1990:712; Jeffreys, 1869:60; Just & Edmunds, 1985:32[P]; Kress, 1968:246; Nordsieck, 1972:69; Ortea, 1978:111; Picton & Morrow, 1994:50[P]; Pruvot-Fol, 1954b:405; Schmekel & Kress, 1977:485; Thompson, 1976a:[P]; 1988:150[P]; Thompson & Brown, 1976:76; 1984:35[P]; Tolmer, 1934:33; Vayssiere, 1913a:310Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Doto pinnatifida" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 04/10/2013. Accessed: 09/03/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/s5Npq)