Doto pita nudibranch

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Doto pita with eggs and a piece of hydroid blocking the head

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CMHurwood_doto pita_Lonsdale wal_October 06, 2019

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Doto pita, October 13, 2018

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lexID:: 9932
AphiaID:: 532765

Scientific:: Doto pita
German:: Nacktschnecke
English:: Nudibranch

Category:: Nudibranchs
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dotidae (Family) > Doto (Genus) > pita (Species)
Initial determination:: Er. Marcus, 1955

Occurrence:: Brazil, Cuba, Florida, Japan, New Zealand, The Bahamas, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: up to 0.39" (1 cm)
Temperature:: 68 °F - 77 °F (20°C - 25°C)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Doto acuta
Doto affinis
Doto africana
Doto africoronata
Doto albida
Doto alidrisi
Doto amyra
Hammerkopf Doto
Doto annuligera
Doto antarctica
Doto apiculata
Doto arteoi
Doto awapa
Doto bella
Nacktschnecke
Doto caballa
Doto cabecar
Doto canaricoronata
Doto caramella
Doto carinova
Doto casandra
Doto cerasi
Doto cervicenigra
Nacktschnecke
Doto chica
Doto cindyneutes
Doto columbiana
British Columbia Doto
Doto confluens
Doto coronata
Nacktschnecke
Doto crassicornis
Doto cristal
Doto curere
Doto cuspidata
Doto divae
Nacktschnecke
Doto duao
Doto dunnei
Nacktschnecke
Doto eireana
Nacktschnecke
Doto ensifer
Doto eo
Doto escatllari
Doto floridicola
Nacktschnecke
Doto fluctifraga
Doto formosa
Doto fragaria
Doto fragilis
Nacktschnecke
Doto furva
Nacktschnecke
Doto galapagoensis
Doto greenamyeri
Donut-Nacktschnecke
Doto hydrallmaniae
Nacktschnecke
Doto hystrix
Nacktschnecke
Doto indica
Doto iugula
Doto japonica
Doto kekoldi
Doto koenneckeri
Nacktschnecke
Doto kya
Dunkle Doto
Doto lancei
Nacktschnecke
Doto lemchei
Nacktschnecke
Doto leopardina
Doto maculata
Nacktschnecke
Doto millbayana
Nacktschnecke
Doto moravesa
Doto nigromaculata
Doto oblicua
Doto obscura
Doto onusta
Doto orcha
Nacktschnecke
Doto ostenta
Doto paulinae
Nacktschnecke
Doto pinnatifida
Nacktschnecke
Doto pita
Nacktschnecke
Doto pontica
Doto proranao
Doto purpurea
Doto pygmaea
Doto racemosa
Nacktschnecke
Doto rosacea
Nacktschnecke
Doto rosea
Nacktschnecke
Doto sabuli
Doto sarsiae
Nacktschnecke
Doto sotilloi
Doto splendidissima
Doto tingoi
Doto torrelavega
Doto tuberculata
Doto unguis
Doto ussi
Nacktschnecke
Doto uva
Doto varaderoensis
Nacktschnecke
Doto verdicioi
Doto wildei
Doto xangada
Doto yongei

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-09-27 20:08:29
Last edit:: 2016-09-27 20:08:29

Husbandry

Doto pita Er. Marcus, 1955

Doto pita is a very small nudibranch ( is up to 1,2 cm). The body is translucent white with some brown spots at the bases of the irregular cerata.The digestive gland is cream in colour.

Seaslugs genus Doto feeds exclusively on hydrozoon polpys.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Cladobranchia (Infraorder) > Cladobranchia (Parvorder) > Dotidae (Family) > Doto (Genus) > Doto pita (Species)

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