Doto bella Baba, 1938
- Location
- Nodahama, Izu Oshima, Tokyo, Japan
- Date
- Length
- 4mm
- Depth
- 11.0m
- Water temperature
- ??℃
Description
A small Dotidae, body length up to 8 mm. Ground colour white (brown forms also occur). The head and rhinophore sheaths bear black markings. The cerata are matsukasa-shaped (cone-like), with branched papillae on the surface and blackened tips. Rhinophores smooth and black.Distribution
Type locality: Izu, central Japan. Later records extend across Japan.Etymology
The specific epithet bella is the feminine form of the Latin adjective for "beautiful".Remarks
Hosts on hydroids.References
- Doto bella, Baba, K. 1938a. Three new nudibranchs from Izu, Middle Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 17(2):130-133.
- コガネマツカサウミウシ, Baba K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan (相模湾産後鰓類図譜). Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo. 4+2+194+7 pp., pls. 1-50.
- 高岡生物研究会. (2002). 日本海のウミウシ. 第2版.
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Same Genus Nudibranchs
Similar Colors Nudibranchs
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