Family DOTIDAE Gray, 1845
Family Dotidae. Doto ostenta.(from Beesley, Ross & Wells 1998) [S. Weidland]
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Family DOTIDAE Gray, 1845
Introduction
Most species are small to very small, slender, with a rounded velum across the front of the head, smooth rhinophores that each stand in a high cylindrical sheath with expanded upper edge, and five to 11 swollen knobbly cerata along each side of the back. All dotids eat, and lay their winding wavy egg ribbons on, hydroids. There are many species world wide, and several colourful undescribed species in Australian waters.
[Compiled from Burn (in press 2012)]
General References
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 Report 10: 1-42
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2011 | OPISTHOBRANCHIA | 01-Dec-2011 | MOVED | Dr Robin Wilson |
| 01-Dec-2011 | 01-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 11-Jan-2016 | 25-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 24-Mar-2011 | (import) |