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Doto maculata

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Doto maculata
The nudibranch Doto maculata, Strangford Lough, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, UK. 3mm. in length.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Dotidae
Genus: Doto
Species:
D. maculata
Binomial name
Doto maculata
Montagu, 1804 [1]

Doto maculata is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

This species was first described from Devon, United Kingdom. It was re-described and separated from synonymy with Doto coronata by Lemche in 1976.[2]

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