Doto ussi
| Doto ussi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. ussi
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto ussi Ortea, 1982[1]
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Doto ussi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution[edit]
This species was described from the Comoros Islands, in the Indian Ocean. It has subsequently been reported from the Philippines and Indonesia.
Description[edit]
This nudibranch is mostly uniform yellow to pale olive-brown in colour. The ceratal tubercles are large and globular and completely obscure the back when the animal is at rest.[2]
Ecology[edit]
Doto ussi is found on colonies of the stinging hydroid, Aglaophenia cupressina (family Aglaopheniidae), on which it presumably feeds.[3] Many other species of Doto also feed on hydroids of the family Aglaopheniidae and the other families in the superfamily Plumularioidea.
References[edit]
- ^ A new species of Doto (Mollusca, Dendronotacea) from the Comores Islands. Ortea J., Cah. Biol. Mar. (1982) 23 : 1 - 7. [1]
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (June 29) Doto ussi Ortea, 1982. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ Doto ussi, photo by Hung Chi-Feng on Flickr
External links[edit]
- Photos of Doto ussi on Sealife Collection