Doto africana

Doto africana is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]

Doto africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Tritonioidea
Family:
Dotidae
Genus:
Doto
Species:
D. africana
Binomial name
Doto africana
Eliot, 1905[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Chuaka, Mkoani, Pemba, Tanzania, Africa.

Description

The size of the body attains 15 mm.

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References
  1. 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.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Doto africana Eliot, 1905. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26.
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