Doto iugula explained

Doto iugula is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Distribution

This species was described from Manzanillo on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

Description

This nudibranch is very transparent, crystalline, with a medio-dorsal band of irregular orange spots. The cerata are transparent and the ceratal tubercles have no dark spots. The cerata have a conspicuous, orange, irregular patch near the apex. There are no pseudobranchs but just a few irregular tubercles on the inner faces of the cerata.[1]

Ecology

Doto iugula was not found associated with any food source.

Notes and References

  1. http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/FMPro?-DB=UBIpub.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-Format=/ubi/detail.html&-Op=bw&id=5019&-Find Doto iugula account at INBio. Species of Costa Rica