WoRMS taxon details
Doto kwakwak Gosliner & Adayapalam, 2025
1806090 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1806090)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Adayapalam, S.; Bonomo, L. J.; Shipman, C.; Gosliner, T. M. (2025). The song of the <i>Doto</i> (Nudibranchia: Dotidae): newly documented diversity from the coast of California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5609(4): 553-577., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.4.6
page(s): 567, figs 2E–F, 3C, 5B, 6 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 567, figs 2E–F, 3C, 5B, 6 [details] Available for editors
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Note California: La Jolla, off Cuvier Park,...
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Type locality California: La Jolla, off Cuvier Park, 32.843073°N, 117.281888°E. [details]
Etymology The species epithet comes from the Kumeyaay indigenous name kwakwak, meaning yellow, signifying the yellow-orange spots on...
Etymology The species epithet comes from the Kumeyaay indigenous name kwakwak, meaning yellow, signifying the yellow-orange spots on the notum that distinguish this species. The Kumeyaay are the original inhabitants of the region around the type locality in San Diego County. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Doto kwakwak Gosliner & Adayapalam, 2025. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1806090 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
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Adayapalam, S.; Bonomo, L. J.; Shipman, C.; Gosliner, T. M. (2025). The song of the <i>Doto</i> (Nudibranchia: Dotidae): newly documented diversity from the coast of California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5609(4): 553-577., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5609.4.6
page(s): 567, figs 2E–F, 3C, 5B, 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 567, figs 2E–F, 3C, 5B, 6 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology The species epithet comes from the Kumeyaay indigenous name kwakwak, meaning yellow, signifying the yellow-orange spots on the notum that distinguish this species. The Kumeyaay are the original inhabitants of the region around the type locality in San Diego County. [details]Type locality California: La Jolla, off Cuvier Park, 32.843073°N, 117.281888°E. [details]
