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Species of gastropod

Doto orcha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species: D. orcha
Binomial name
Doto orcha
Yonow, 2000

Doto orcha is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Distribution

This species was first described from the Gulf of Aquaba, Red Sea.

Description

This nudibranch is very elongate with paired cerata which are widely spaced down the length of the body.

Ecology

Doto orcha feeds on the hydroid Dynamena disticha.

References

  1. Yonow, N., 2000. Red Sea Opisthobranchia 4: The orders Cephalaspidea, Anaspidea, Notaspidea and Nudibranchia: Dendronotacea and Aeolidacea. Fauna of Arabia, 18: 87-131.
  2. "Doto orcha [in] Opisthobranchs of Eilat". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  3. Yonow, N., 2008. Sea Slugs of the Red Sea. Pensoft Series Faunistica, Volume 74. Sofia (Bulgaria) : Pensoft Publishers, p.234.
Taxon identifiers
Doto orcha
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