Doto rosea is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution This species was described from Genova, Italy, Mediterranean Sea.
Description The body of this nudibranch is mostly transparent whitish in colour with brown or black dots forming a marbled pattern on the back and sides. There is a conspicuous black mark in the base of each ceras. The ceratal tubercles are slightly swollen and globular and the digestive gland is pink.Doto rosea - Antoni López-Arenas i Cama on Flickr
Ecology Doto rosea has been reported to feed on colonies of the hydroid, Eudendrium sp. (family Eudendriidae).Opisthobranchia des Mittelmeeres. Nudibranchia und Saccoglossa. L. Schmekel and A. Portmann, 1982. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 410 pages, 36 plates (18 in colour). Printed in German (some English sections).
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