Doto varaderoensis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
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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. varaderoensis
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| Doto varaderoensis Ortea, 2001[1]
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Distribution edit
This species was described from Playa de Varadero, Cuba. It has also been reported from Puerto Rico[2] and Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida.
Description edit
The body of this nudibranch is translucent brown in colour. The cerata have numerous tubercles which are swollen and globular in appearance.[3]
The maximum recorded body length is 10 mm.[4]
Ecology edit
Minimum recorded depth is 1 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 5 m.[4]
Doto varaderoensis was found associated with the hydroids Thyroscyphus sp. in the family Sertulariidae.
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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
- ^ Valdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 150-151. ISBN 0-9700574-2-3
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2009 (June 3) Doto varaderoensis Ortea, 2001. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ^ 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.