Doto xangada is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
| Doto xangada | |
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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. xangada
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto xangada Ortea, 2010[1]
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Distribution
editThis species was first described from four specimens collected at Caleta James, Santiago, Galapagos Islands.
Description
editThis nudibranch is white with pink purple to reddish brown digestive gland showing through the skin. The cerata have large globular tubercles which are white.
Ecology
editDoto xangada was found associated with small thecate hydroids at low water mark.
References
edit- ^ Ortea J., 2010. Tres nuevas especies de Doto Oken, 1815 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia), colectadas en el Caribe de Costa Rica y en las Islas Galapagos. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 21(3-4): 109-115, page 113.