Doto furva is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
| Doto furva | |
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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. furva
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto furva Garcia J. C. & Ortea, 1984[1]
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Distribution
editThis species is known from Tarifa and Ceuta, on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar, at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
editThe body of this nudibranch is mostly translucent white in colour, with yellow ovotestis showing through the middle of the body in mature animals. The ceratal tubercles are capped with black, giving a very characteristic appearance.[2]
Ecology
editDoto furva feeds on the hydroid Sertularella cylindritheca, family Sertulariidae.
References
edit- ^ Garcia-Gomez J.C. & Ortea J. (1984). Una nueva especie de Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchiata) del estrecho de Gibraltar. Bollettino Malacologico 19 (9-12): 207-212 (issued 1984) page(s): 207-212
- ^ Trainito, E. & Doneddu, M., 2014. Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. 2nd Edition. Il Castello. ISBN 9788865204801, 192 pages.