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Doto cabecar Cabécar Nudibranch

Doto cabecar is commonly referred to as Cabécar Nudibranch. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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lexID:
16007 
AphiaID:
458053 
Scientific:
Doto cabecar 
German:
Cabécar Doto 
English:
Cabécar Nudibranch 
Category:
Ślimaki nagoskrzelne 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dotidae (Family) > Doto (Genus) > cabecar (Species) 
Initial determination:
Ortea, 2001 
Occurrence:
Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, USA 
Sea depth:
- 20 Meter 
Size:
1,4 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2023-10-20 19:15:22 

Info

Doto cabecar Ortea, 2001

This species has been described from the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica.

This small slug is light brown with yellow rhinophores and cerata. The cerata bear dark spots, except for the terminal tuberosity on each ceras, which has a concentration of internal white glands. The maximum body length is 14 mm.

Doto cabecar feeds as a food specialist on hydrozoans, especially Thyroscyphus marginatus (family Sertulariidae).

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 14.03.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 20.10.2023.

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