Doto tuberculata Lemche, 1976
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 tuberculata Lemche, 1976
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
| 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 tuberculata
- Galicia: Ortea & Urgorri, 1978:77[P], Fernández-Ovies (1981), Fernández-Ovies and Ortea (1981), Urgorri and Besteiro (1983, 1984).
Canarias: Pérez Sánchez, Ortea and Bacallado (1990), Pérez Sánchez, Bacallado and Ortea (1991).
General: Brown & Picton, 1979:6; Hayward, Wigham, & Yonow, 1990:712; Picton & Morrow, 1994:52[P]; Thompson, 1988:152; Thompson & Brown, 1984:35[P]Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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More pictures
Doto tuberculata With spawn, on Sertularella gayi. Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2018) "Doto tuberculata" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 15/10/2014, Accessed: 23/10/2018 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/tp5L0)
