Doto pinnatifida

Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)

Doto pinnatifida by João Pedro Silva

Taxonomy

	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).

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:

More pictures

Doto pinnatifida

Doto pinnatifida (Atlantic)

Doto pinnatifida en cópula (Atlantic) by Carlos Fernández-Cid

Doto pinnatifida - Photograph ©Bernard Picton

Doto pinnatifida by José Carlos García Gómez

Bibliography

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

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Doto pinnatifida" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 04/10/2013, Accessed: 20/04/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/s5Npq)

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