Doto pita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. pita
Binomial name
Doto pita

Doto pita is a species of sea slug, a small nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.[2]

Distribution

Doto pita occurs in the Caribbean Sea and tropical west Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Florida. Reports from Japan,[3][4][5] and New Zealand,[6] may be the result of accidental transport by human agency or simply misidentifications.[7][8]

Description

The body is translucent white with some brown spots at the bases of the cerata.[9] The digestive gland is cream and the cerata are rather irregular in appearance.[10]

The maximum recorded body length is 7 mm.[11]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[11] Maximum recorded depth is 25 m.[11]

References

  1. ^ Marcus, Er. (1955). Opisthobranchia from Brazil. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, Universidade de São Paulo, Zoology, 207, 20:89-261, pls. 1-30.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Doto pita Er. Marcus, 1955. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26
  3. ^ Baba, K. 1971. New record in Japan of Doto (Doto) pita Marcus, 1955, a nudibranch gastropod. Appendix: list of the Dotoidae from Japan. Collecting & Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku] 33(6):131-132 (in Japanese).
  4. ^ Baba, K. 1971. Anatomical studies on three species of Doto (D. bella, D. japonica and D. pita) from Japan (Nudibranchia: Dendronotoidea: Dotoidae). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 19(2-3):73-79, pls. 4-5.
  5. ^ Bolland, R.F. (2013). Japanese form on Okinawan Opisthobranchs.
  6. ^ Morton, J. E., & Michael C. Miller. 1973. The New Zealand seashore, 653 pp. 2nd edition. Collins, London & Auckland.
  7. ^ Powell A. W. B., (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  8. ^ Franicevic, Simon (2011). Doto pita, photo of New Zealand form on Flickr
  9. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 1) Doto pita Marcus, 1955. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  10. ^ Alicia, (2013) Doto pita Alicia, photo on Flickr
  11. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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