Doto sarsiae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.Gofas, S. (2015). Doto sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-26

Distribution This species was first described from the Isle of Man, United Kingdom.

Description This nudibranch is translucent white with dark red spots on the ceratal tubercles. The digestive gland inside the cerata is bright rose-red in colour.Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. Doto sarsiae Morrow, Thorpe & Picton, 1992. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Its body size attains 12 mm.

Ecology Doto sarsiae feeds on the hydroid Coryne eximia, family Corynidae, formerly Sarsia eximia.

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