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Dotted sea-slug
Peltodoris atromaculata
Distribution: Endemic to the Mediterranean, but it can be found in the Atlantic. Housing Fixed often in the area of 10 to 15m deep, in a little water load. He lives on the sagging and under overhangs. Description: Size: Max. 12 cm, width 5 cm. As the dog of the same name, the Dalmatian dory easily remark from the contrast of colors. To touch his coat is hard and rough. Both rhinophores (antennas) are twenty plates. The plume gill on the back of the coat is composed of eight branched appendages and retract at the slightest danger. Food: This nudibranch feeds on sponges and sponges particularly like stones (Petrosia ficiformis). |
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Taxonomic classification
| Phylum: | Molluscs | Class: | Gastropoda | Sub class: | Opisthobranchia | To print in "PDF" format |
| Order: | Nudibranchia | Sub order: | Doridoidea | Family: | Discodorididae | |
| Genus: | Peltodoris | Species: | atromaculata | Descriptor: | Bertgh, 1880 |  |