Doto sarsiae

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/doto-sarsiae

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Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Doto sarsiae
2. What is the taxonomic family?Dotidae
3. Does Doto sarsiae have a shell?No, adult Doto sarsiae has no shell. Instead, it has finger‑like cerata on its back that help it breathe and defend itself.
4. What does Doto sarsiae eat?It likes to eat hydroids, which are small, colony‑forming jellyfish that stick to rocks and algae. It uses a tooth‑covered ribbon called a radula to scrape them off.

Nudibranchia: An order of marine gastropod molluscs characterized by their lack of a shell and often vivid coloration and complex external structures.
Cerata: Finger-like projections on the dorsal surface of nudibranchs, often containing extensions of the digestive gland and serving functions like respiration and defense.
Bioindicator: An organism whose presence, absence, or abundance reflects the condition of an ecosystem, serving as an early warning of environmental changes.