Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Dendronotoidea > Family Dotidae > Genus Doto

Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Doto*	Oken, 1815	accepted genus name
*Idalia*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Doto aurita*	Hesse, 1872	synonym
*Doto pinnigera*	Hesse, 1872	synonym
*Melibaea fragilis*	Forbes, 1838	synonym
*Meliboea minuta*	Forbes, 1844	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: roodgevlekte kroonslak; trage kroonslak

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
subsequent type designation	Martinsson, S.; Malmberg, K.; Bakken, T.; Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Lundin, K. (2021). Species delimitation and phylogeny of Doto (Nudibranchia: Dotidae) from the Northeast Atlantic, with a discussion on food specialization. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 59(8): 1754-1774.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Doto fragilis (Forbes, 1838). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139640