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