Doto hystrix is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
| Doto hystrix | |
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| The nudibranch Doto hystrix, Firth of Lorne, Scotland. | |
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. hystrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto hystrix Picton & Brown, 1981[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was first described from Sherkin Island, Ireland. Additional specimens from the Scilly Isles were included in the original description. It has subsequently been reported widely in Britain and Ireland, usually from water deeper than 20 metres.
Description edit
This nudibranch is uniformly brown in colour with diffuse paler markings.[2]
Ecology edit
Doto hystrix feeds on the hydroid Schizotricha frutescens, family Halopterididae.
References edit
- ^ Picton B.E. & Brown G.H. (1981). Four Nudibranch Gastropods new to the fauna of Great Britain and Ireland including a description of a new species of Doto Oken. Irish Naturalist's Journal 20(7): 261-268
- ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland