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Doto tuberculata

Doto tuberculata  Lemche, 1976

Doto tuberculata (Sweden) by Klas Malmberg

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 tuberculata  Lemche, 1976

 
 Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017)
Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139655).
Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Doto. From Latin “Doto”, from “Dōtō”, a sea nymph in Greek mythology.
  • Tuberculata. From Latin “tuberculum”, small swelling, bump, protuberance, excrescence, tumor.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Doto tuberculata
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

Abundance

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

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

More pictures

Doto tuberculata With spawn, on Sertularella gayi. Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Bibliography

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Further reading

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Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Doto tuberculata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 15/10/2014. Accessed: 23/09/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=16013)

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