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Doto ussi

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Doto ussi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. ussi
Binomial name
Doto ussi
Ortea, 1982[1]

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

Distribution

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This species was described from the Comoros Islands, in the Indian Ocean. It has subsequently been reported from the Philippines and Indonesia.

Description

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This nudibranch is mostly uniform yellow to pale olive-brown in colour. The ceratal tubercles are large and globular and completely obscure the back when the animal is at rest.[2]

Ecology

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Doto ussi is found on colonies of the stinging hydroid, Aglaophenia cupressina (family Aglaopheniidae), on which it presumably feeds.[3] Many other species of Doto also feed on hydroids of the family Aglaopheniidae and the other families in the superfamily Plumularioidea.

References

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  1. ^ A new species of Doto (Mollusca, Dendronotacea) from the Comores Islands. Ortea J., Cah. Biol. Mar. (1982) 23 : 1 - 7. [1]
  2. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (June 29) Doto ussi Ortea, 1982. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  3. ^ Doto ussi, photo by Hung Chi-Feng on Flickr
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