Doto xangada
| Doto xangada | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. xangada
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto xangada Ortea, 2010[1]
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Doto xangada is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution
[edit]This species was first described from four specimens collected at Caleta James, Santiago, Galapagos Islands.
Description
[edit]This nudibranch is white with pink purple to reddish brown digestive gland showing through the skin. The cerata have large globular tubercles which are white.
Ecology
[edit]Doto xangada was found associated with small thecate hydroids at low water mark.
References
[edit]- ^ Ortea J., 2010. Tres nuevas especies de Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), colectadas en el Caribe de Costa Rica y en las Islas Galapagos. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 21(3-4): 109-115, page 113.