Doto pita is a species of sea slug, a small nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Doto pita Er. Marcus, 1955. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26
Distribution Doto pita occurs in the Caribbean Sea and tropical west Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Florida. Reports from Japan,Baba, K. 1971. New record in Japan of Doto (Doto) pita Marcus, 1955, a nudibranch gastropod. Appendix: list of the Dotoidae from Japan. Collecting & Breeding [Saishu to Shiiku] 33(6):131-132 (in Japanese).Baba, K. 1971. Anatomical studies on three species of Doto (D. bella, D. japonica and D. pita) from Japan (Nudibranchia: Dendronotoidea: Dotoidae). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 19(2-3):73-79, pls. 4-5.Bolland, R.F. (2013). Japanese form on Okinawan Opisthobranchs. and New Zealand,Morton, J. E., & Michael C. Miller. 1973. The New Zealand seashore, 653 pp. 2nd edition. Collins, London & Auckland. may be the result of accidental transport by human agency or simply misidentifications.Powell A. W. B., (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand. Franicevic, Simon (2011). Doto pita, photo of New Zealand form on Flickr
Description The body is translucent white with some brown spots at the bases of the cerata.Rudman, W.B., 2002 (July 1) Doto pita Marcus, 1955. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. The digestive gland is cream and the cerata are rather irregular in appearance.Alicia, (2013) Doto pita Alicia, photo on Flickr
The maximum recorded body length is 7 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 25 m.
References
External links Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42