Doto is a genus of sea slug, a nudibranch in the family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula.
Oken's 1815 Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte has been placed by ICZN Opinion 417 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoology, but an exception was made for Doto which has been placed by ICZN Opinion 697 on the Official List of Generic Names.
Species Species within the genus Doto include:Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Doto. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-07
Doto acuta Schmekel & Kress, 1977 Doto affinis (d'Orbigny, 1837) Doto africana Eliot, 1905 Doto africoronata Shipman & Gosliner, 2015 Doto albida Baba, 1955 Doto alidrisi Ortea, Moro & Ocaña, 2010 Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961 - hammerhead doto Doto annuligera Bergh, 1905 Doto antarctica Eliot, 1907 Doto apiculata Odhner, 1936 Doto arteoi Ortea, 1978 Doto awapa Ortea, 2001 Doto bella Baba, 1938 Doto caballa Ortea, Moro & Bacallado, 2010 Doto cabecar Ortea, 2001 Doto caramella Er. Marcus, 1957 Doto carinova Moles, Avila & Wägele, 2016 Doto casandra Ortea, 2013 Doto cerasi Ortea & Moro, 1998 Doto cervicenigra Ortea & Bouchet, 1989 Doto chica Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1960 Doto cindyneutes Bouchet, 1977 Doto columbiana O'Donoghue, 1921 - British Columbia doto Doto confluens Hesse, 1872 Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791) - type species Doto crassicornis M. Sars, 1870 Doto cristal Ortea, 2010 Doto curere Ortea, 2001 Doto cuspidata Alder & Hancock, 1862 Doto divae Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1960 Doto duao Ortea, 2001 Doto dunnei Lemche, 1976 Doto eireana Lemche, 1976 Doto ensifer Mørch, 1859 Doto eo Ortea & Moro, 2014 Doto escatllari Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1998 Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888 Doto fluctifraga Ortea & Perez, 1982 Doto formosa A. E. Verrill, 1875 Doto fragaria Ortea & Bouchet, 1989 Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838) Doto furva Garcia J.C. & Ortea, 1984 Doto galapagoensis Ortea, 2010 Doto greenamyeri Shipman & Gosliner, 2015 Doto hydrallmaniae Morrow, Thorpe and Picton, 1992 Doto hystrix Picton and Brown, 1981
Doto indica Bergh, 1888 Doto iugula Ortea, 2001 Doto japonica Odhner, 1936 Doto kekoldi Ortea, 2001 Doto koenneckeri Lemche, 1976 Doto kwakwak Gosliner & Adayapalam, 2025 Doto kya Er. Marcus, 1961 - dark doto Doto lancei Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1967 Doto lemchei Ortea and Urgorri, 1978 Doto leopardina Vicente, 1967 Doto maculata (Montagu, 1804) Doto millbayana Lemche, 1976 Doto moravesa Ortea, 1997 Doto nigromaculata Eliot, 1906 Doto oblicua Ortea & Urgorri, 1978 Doto obscura Eliot, 1906 Doto onusta Hesse, 1872: (dubious) synonym of Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888 Doto orcha Yonow, 2000 Doto oscura Eliot, 1906 Doto ostenta Burn, 1958 Doto paulinae Trinchese, 1881 Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804) Doto pita Marcus, 1955 Doto pontica Swennen, 1961 Doto proranao Ortea, 2001 Doto purpurea Baba, 1949 Doto pygmaea (Bergh, 1871) Doto racemosa Risbec, 1928 Doto rosacea Baba, 1949 Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881 Doto sabuli Ortea, 2001 Doto sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe and Picton, 1992 Doto sotilloi (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1998) Doto splendidissima Pola & Gosliner, 2015 Doto torrelavega Ortea & Caballer, 2007 Doto tuberculata Lemche, 1976 Doto unguis Ortea & Rodriguez, 1989 Doto urak Gosliner & Adayapalam, 2025 Doto ussi Ortea, 1982 Doto uva Er. Marcus, 1955 Doto varaderoensis Ortea, 2001 Doto verdicioi Ortea & Urgorri, 1978 Doto wildei Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 Doto xangada Ortea, 2010 Doto yongei Thompson, 1972
Species brought into synonymy Doto armoricana Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804) Doto aurea Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881 Doto aurita Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838) Doto aurita Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881 Doto cinerea Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto rosea Trinchese, 1881 Doto cornaliae Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto cuspidata Alder & Hancock, 1862 Doto costae Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791) Doto doerga Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1963: synonym of Doto pygmaea (Bergh, 1871) Doto forbesii Deshayes, 1853: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791) Doto ganda Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961 Doto nigra Eliot, 1910: synonym of Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804) Doto ocellifera Simroth, 1895: synonym of Costasiella ocellifera (Simroth, 1895) Doto pinnigera Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838) Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881: synonym of Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791) Doto splendida Pola & Gosliner, 2015: synonym of Doto splendidissima Pola & Gosliner, 2015 Doto styligera Hesse, 1872: synonym of Doto paulinae Trinchese, 1881 Doto susanae Fez, 1962: synonym of Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888 Doto umia Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969: synonym of Doto chica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960 Doto uncinata Hesse, 1872: synonym of Hancockia uncinata (Hesse, 1872) Doto varians MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Doto kya Er. Marcus, 1961 Doto wara Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961
References
Gray J.E. (1847). On the classification of the British Mollusca by W. E. Leach, M.D. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (1)20: 267-273 Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 https://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 5 November 2009 Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213.
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