Doto ussi Ortea, 1982
- Location
- Coral Garden, Tulamben, Pulau Bali, Indonesia
- Date
- 2015/11/14
- Length
- 12mm
- Depth
- 10.0m
- Water temperature
- 30.0℃
Description
A medium-sized dotid nudibranch reaching about 30 mm in length. The body is yellowish-brown to dark brown, with fine white dots densely scattered across the surface. The cerata bear numerous warty protuberances and vary in colour between individuals from yellow-white to bluish white. The rhinophore sheaths are dish-shaped and match the cerata in colour. The rhinophores are smooth and rod-shaped, the same colour as the body, with fine white dots.Distribution
Originally described from the Comoros Islands, Indian Ocean. Subsequently recorded broadly across the Indo-West Pacific, including Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, and Japan.Etymology
The specific epithet ussi is derived from the Latin uro ("to burn"); the original description states the name evokes "burning" or "to scorch".References
- Doto ussi n. sp., Ortéa J., 1982 - Una nueva especie de Doto (Mollusca, Dendronotacea) de las islas Comores. Cahiers de Biologie marine, Roscoff, 23: 1-7. (Résultats de la campagne océanographique "Benthédi"- 1977).
- ドト属の一種, 殿塚孝昌. (2003). ウミウシガイドブック〈3〉. TBSブリタニカ.
- Doto ussi, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- ウスイマツカサウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
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Same Genus Nudibranchs
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