Doto eireana
Lemche, 1976
Photographed by: Anthony Holley
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Dendronotina |
Family: | Dotidae |
Species: | Doto eireana |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #28906
This species of Doto, which feeds on the thecate hydroid Amphisbetia operculata, is characterised by the maroons spots on the body, creamish orange cerata with maroon-red pigment spots on the ceratal tubercles, the 2 rows of ceratal tubercles, and by the club-shaped cerata with a tall terminal tubercle.Locality: