Doto pinnatifida

Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)

Doto pinnatifida by João Pedro Silva

Taxonomy
Class: Gastropoda  Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia  J.E. Gray, 1840
Clade: Euthyneura  Spengel, 1881
Clade: Nudipleura  Wägele & Willan, 2000
Order: Nudibranchia  Cuvier, 1817
Suborder: Dexiarchia  Schrödl, Wägele & Willan, 2001
Infraorder: Cladobranchia Willan and Morton, 1984
Parvorder: [unassigned] Cladobranchia Willan & Morton, 1984
Family: Dotidae  J.E. Gray, 1853
Genus: Doto  Oken, 1815
Species: Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804) [Doris]

Synonyms

• 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

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

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:310
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

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Bibliography

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Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
• Flickr pictures
• Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
• Medslugs (Atl.E)
• Medslugs (Atl.NE)
• Medslugs (Atl.SE)
• NCBI GenBank
• OBIS - Search by Taxon
• Scottish Nudibranchs
• Sea Slug Forum
• World Register of Marine Species

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