Doto ussi

Doto ussi

''Doto ussi'' is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae''.
Nudibranch - Doto ussi The bubbly roundish thing is a Nudibranch, it is less than 1 cm in size.  As it was resting, the rhinopores (two pointed thing on the head) is not showing.  It feeds on stinging hydroid, which if touches your skin will cause severe itchiness and pain and the itchiness may even last for weeks! Anilao,Batangas,Doto ussi,Geotagged,Nudibranch,Philippines,Spring

Appearance

This dendronotid nudibranch is mostly uniform yellow to pale olive-brown in colour. The ceratal tubercles are large and globular and completely obscure the back when the animal is at rest. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.]
Bull?  Doto ussi,Nudibranch,Philippines,Romblon

Distribution

This species was described from the Comoros Islands, in the Indian Ocean. It has subsequently been reported from the Philippines and Indonesia.

Habitat

''Doto ussi'' is found on colonies of the stinging hydroid, ''Aglaophenia cupressina'' , on which it presumably feeds. Many other species of ''Doto'' also feed on hydroids of the family Aglaopheniidae and the other families in the superfamily Plumularioidea.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNudibranchia
FamilyDotidae
GenusDoto
SpeciesD. ussi
Photographed in
Philippines