Raja Ampat — 29 November 2025
- Location seen
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia
- Date seen
- 2025-11-29
Doto ussi
Bubble Nudibranch, Grape Doto
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About this species
- Current scientific name
- Doto ussi
- Common name
- Bubble Nudibranch, Grape Doto
- Order
- Nudibranchia - Cladobranchia
- Type
- dendronotina
- Genus
- Doto
- Species
- ussi
- Average size
- 14 mm
- Colours
- white, yellow, brown, grey
- Body shape
- Oval
- Rhinophores
- Smooth
- Gills
- Cerata
- Similar species
- Other Doto sp
Geographic Distribution
Indian and western Pacific oceans.
Identification
Small nudibranch with nodular (round lumps) cerata. The smooth black rhinophores are rod-shaped and retract into a wide sheath.
Behaviour / Habitat
Found in the centre of the stinging hydroid Aglaophenia cupressina. Often Doto eggs are also visible. This is possibly the most common of the Dotos.