Doto lemchei is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
| Doto lemchei | |
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| The nudibranch Doto lemchei, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales. | |
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. lemchei
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| Binomial name | |
| Doto lemchei Ortea & Urgorri, 1978 [1]
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Distribution edit
This species was first described from Galicia, Spain. It was subsequently reported from Britain and Ireland.[2]
Description edit
This nudibranch is olive brown in colour with no dark spots on the ceratal tubercles. The tips of the tubercles appear pale or white due to white, internal, glandular cells.[3]
Ecology edit
Doto lemchei feeds on the hydroid Aglaophenia tuberculata, family Aglaopheniidae.
References edit
- ^ Ortea J. & Urgorri V. (1978). El género Doto Oken, 1815 en el Norte y Noroeste de Espana. Boletín de la Estación Central de Ecología ICONA 7 (14): 73-92
- ^ Picton B.E. & Brown G.H. (1981). Four Nudibranch Gastropods new to the fauna of Great Britain and Ireland including a description of a new species of Doto Oken. Irish Naturalist's Journal 20(7): 261-268
- ^ Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C. "Doto lemchei - Ortea & Urgorri, 1978". Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved 2023-07-31.