Doto galapagoensis

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Doto galapagoensis is a tiny sea slug, a nudibranch in the Dotidae family. It was described in 2010 from Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands.

Distribution
- First described from Floreana, Galapagos Islands.

Description
- The animal is a translucent white nudibranch with black or ash-gray spots on its surface.
- It has cerata (finger-like appendages on its back) that are transparent with a cream or white digestive gland inside.
- The terminal tubercle has an internal black spherical spot.
- Only one specimen is known, probably a juvenile, about 3 mm long when alive and moving.
- There are five pairs of cerata, but only the first two are developed with surface tubercles.

Ecology
- It was found living near small hydroids.

Taxonomy
- Binomial name: Doto galapagoensis
- Described by Ortea in 2010
- Classification: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Mollusca; Class Gastropoda; Order Nudibranchia; Suborder Cladobranchia; Family Dotidae; Genus Doto.