Doto kekoldi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
| Doto kekoldi | |
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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. kekoldi
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto kekoldi Ortea, 2001[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from the eastern or Caribbean Sea coast of Costa Rica.
Description edit
The body of this nudibranch is black with paler grey areas at the base of the cerata. The cerata are very irregular in shape. There are well-developed pseudobranchs arising from the inner faces of the cerata.[2]
The maximum recorded body length is 12 mm.[3]
Ecology edit
Minimum recorded depth is 9 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 9 m.[3]
Doto kekoldi is found associated with the hydroid Eudendrium sp. which is presumably its prey.
References edit
- ^ Ortea J. (2001) El género Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) en el mer Caribe: Historia natural y descripción de nuevas especies. Avicennia Suppl. 3 : 1-46. page(s): 21
- ^ Doto kekoldi account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica Archived July 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.