Doto africana is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]
Doto africana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Dotidae |
Genus: | Doto |
Species: | D. africana
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Binomial name | |
Doto africana |
Distribution edit
This species was described from Chuaka, Mkoani, Pemba, Tanzania, Africa.
Description edit
The size of the body attains 15 mm.
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References edit
- ^ Eliot, C. N. E. 1905. On some nudibranchs from east Africa and Zanzibar. Part VI. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2:268-298, pls. 16-17.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Doto africana Eliot, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26.