Doto is a genus of sea slug, a nudibranch in the family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula.[3]
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| Doto varaderoensis with spawn | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto Oken, 1815[1] |
| Type species | |
| Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791
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Oken's 1815 Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte has been placed by ICZN Opinion 417 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoology, but an exception was made for Doto which has been placed by ICZN Opinion 697 on the Official List of Generic Names.[2]
Species edit
Species within the genus Doto include:[2]
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- Species brought into synonymy
- Doto armoricana Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)
- Doto aurea Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
- Doto aurita Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838)
- Doto aurita Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
- Doto cinerea Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881
- Doto cornaliae Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto cuspidata Alder & Hancock, 1862
- Doto costae Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Doto doerga Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1963: synonym of Doto pygmaea (Bergh, 1871)
- Doto forbesii Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Doto ganda Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961
- Doto nigra Eliot, 1910: synonym of Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)
- Doto ocellifera Simroth, 1895: synonym of Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895)
- Doto pinnigera Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838)
- Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Doto splendida Pola & Gosliner, 2015: synonym of Doto splendidissima Pola & Gosliner, 2015
- Doto styligera Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto paulinae Trinchese, 1881
- Doto susanae Fez, 1962: synonym of Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888
- Doto umia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969: synonym of Doto chica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
- Doto uncinata Hesse, 1872: synonym of Hancockia uncinata (Hesse, 1872)
- Doto varians MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Doto kya Er. Marcus, 1961
- Doto wara Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961
References edit
- ^ Oken L. (1815). Lehrb. Nat. 3(1): 278.
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Doto. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-07
- ^ W. J. Lambert (1991). "Coexistence of Hydroid Eating Nudibranchs: Do Feeding Biology and Habitat Use Matter?". The Biological Bulletin. 181 (2): 248–260. doi:10.2307/1542096. JSTOR 1542096. PMID 29304644.
- ^ Moles J., Wägele H, Ballesteros M., Pujals Á., Uhl G., Avila C. (2016). "The End of the Cold Loneliness: 3D Comparison between Doto antarctica and a New Sympatric Species of Doto (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)". PLOS ONE. 11 (7): e0157941. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1157941M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157941. PMC 4943632. PMID 27411060.
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- Gray J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (1)20: 267-273
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 5 November 2009
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213.
External links edit
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