Doto amyra Hammerhead Doto, Hammerhead Doto Sea Slug

Doto amyra,Pacific Grove, California,2021

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lexID:: 7839
AphiaID:: 575069

Scientific:: Doto amyra
German:: Hammerkopf Doto
English:: Hammerhead Doto, Hammerhead Doto Sea Slug

Category:: Nudibranchs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dotidae (Family) > Doto (Genus) > amyra (Species)
Initial determination:: Er. Marcus, 1961

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico
Size:: 0.39" - 0.55" (1cm - 1.4cm)
Temperature:: 59 °F - 80.6 °F (15°C - 27°C)
Food:: Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Doto acuta
Doto affinis
Doto africana
Doto africoronata
Doto albida
Doto alidrisi
Doto amyra
Hammerkopf Doto
Doto annuligera
Doto antarctica
Doto apiculata
Doto arteoi
Doto awapa
Doto bella
Schöne Doto
Doto caballa
Doto cabecar
Cabécar Doto
Doto canaricoronata
Doto caramella
Doto carinova
Doto casandra
Doto cerasi
Doto cervicenigra
Nacktschnecke
Doto chica
Nacktschnecke
Doto cindyneutes
Doto columbiana
British Columbia Doto
Doto confluens
Doto coronata
Kronen Doto, Gepunktete Doto
Doto crassicornis
Doto cristal
Doto curere
Cuere Doto, Schwarzstiel Doto
Doto cuspidata
Doto duao
Doto dunnei
Dunnes Doto
Doto ensifer
Doto eo
Doto escatllari
Escatllars Doto
Doto floridicola
Nacktschnecke
Doto fluctifraga
Wellen Doto
Doto formosa
Formose Doto
Doto fragaria
Doto fragilis
Fragile Doto, Zerbrechliche Doto
Doto furva
Nacktschnecke
Doto galapagoensis
Doto greenamyeri
Donut-Doto
Doto hydrallmaniae
Doto hystrix
Stachelige Doto
Doto indica
Doto iugula
Doto japonica
Doto kekoldi
Doto koenneckeri
Koenneckers Doto
Doto kya
Dunkle Doto
Doto lancei
Lances Doto
Doto lemchei
Doto leopardina
Doto maculata
Gesprenkelte Doto
Doto millbayana
Doto moravesa
Doto nigromaculata
Doto oblicua
Doto obscura
Doto onusta
Nacktschnecke
Doto orcha
Nacktschnecke
Doto ostenta
Nacktschnecke
Doto paulinae
Paulines Doto
Doto pinnatifida
Doto pita
Kleine Doto
Doto pontica
Nacktschnecke
Doto proranao
Doto purpurea
Doto pygmaea
Kleine Doto
Doto racemosa
Dunkelspitzen Doto, Traubenförmige Doto
Doto rosacea
Nacktschnecke
Doto rosea
Nacktschnecke
Doto sabuli
Doto sarsiae
Doto sotilloi
Doto splendidissima
Doto tingoi
Doto torrelavega
Torrelavega-Doto
Doto tuberculata
Doto unguis
Doto ussi
Goldene Doto
Doto uva
Nacktschnecke
Doto varaderoensis
Nacktschnecke
Doto verdicioi
Doto wildei
Doto xangada
Doto yongei

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-01-06 19:56:58
Last edit:: 2016-11-22 20:43:29

Info

Doto amyra Er. Marcus, 1961

Doto amyra reaches a maximum size of 14 mm, but commonly it is under 10 mm.The body is colourless. Cerata are coloured due to the digestive glands.Cerata can be creamy yellow,orange-red to brown depending on the colour of there food (hydrozoon polyps).

Very similar to Doto kya und Doto columbiana.

Synonymised names:
Doto ganda Er. Marcus, 1961
Doto wara Er. Marcus, 1961

External links

Sea Slug Forum (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Slugside.us (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Doto amyra & Doto columbiana, Pillar Point 2017

Doto amyra - nice specimen,San Mateo County, California 2025

Doto amyra,Pacific Grove, California,2021

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