Doto kya
| Doto kya | |
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| Doto kya from Princeton Harbor, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. kya
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto kya Marcus, 1961[1]
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Doto kya is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
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This species was first described from California. It has been reported from the Pacific coasts of Mexico, the United States and Canada.
Description
[edit]This nudibranch is white or pale brown in colour with dark brown or black markings on the body.[2]
Ecology
[edit]Doto kya feeds on hydroids.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Marcus, E. 1961. Opisthobranch mollusks from California. The Veliger, 3(Supplement 1): 1-85.
- ^ Goddard, J.H.R., 2006 (February 9) Doto kya Marcus, 1961. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ McDonald, G., 2015. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.