Doto lemchei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Doto lemchei
The nudibranch Doto lemchei, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. lemchei
Binomial name
Doto lemchei
Ortea & Urgorri, 1978 [1]

Distribution

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This species was first described from Galicia, Spain. It was subsequently reported from Britain and Ireland.[2]

Description

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This nudibranch is olive brown in colour with no dark spots on the ceratal tubercles. The tips of the tubercles appear pale or white due to white, internal, glandular cells.[3]

Ecology

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Doto lemchei feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia tuberculata, family Aglaopheniidae.

References

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  1. ^ Ortea J. & Urgorri V. (1978). El género Doto Oken, 1815 en el Norte y Noroeste de Espana. Boletín de la Estación Central de Ecología ICONA 7 (14): 73-92
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C. "Doto lemchei - Ortea & Urgorri, 1978". Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-31.