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Doto kya is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
| Doto kya | |
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| Doto kya from Princeton Harbor, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Dotidae |
| Genus: | Doto |
| Species: | D. kya |
| Binomial name | |
| Doto kya Marcus, 1961[1] | |
This species was first described from California. It has been reported from the Pacific coasts of Mexico, the United States and Canada.
This nudibranch is white or pale brown in colour with dark brown or black markings on the body.[2]
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