Doto ostenta

Doto ostenta
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Size: 1 cm

Distribution: Gulf waters

Habitat: Rocky reef on macroalgae

Depth: Lower intertidal to 10+ metres

Doto ostenta
Doto ostenta
Doto ostenta
Doto ostenta
Doto ostenta

This small nudibranch is usually seen on Ecklonia kelp where it eats hydroids. It has a white body covered in black spots or shading, with white to pinkish cerata covered in tubercles which each have a black spot on the tip. It can also be recognised by the sheaths at the base of its rhinophores.