WoRMS taxon details
Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
139631 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139631)
accepted
Species
Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Doto costae Trinchese, 1881 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Doto forbesii Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted
Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
marine
(of Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3105 [details]
page(s): 3105 [details]
Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...
Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; New Jersey [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Doto coronata (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139631 on 2026-01-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Doto costae Trinchese, 1881) Trinchese, S. (1881). Per la fauna marittima italiana. Aeolididae e famiglie affini. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei.</em> (3) 11: 3-142 + 80pl., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=SnJBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA3
page(s): 91, pl. 53 [details]
original description (of Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3105 [details]
original description (of Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881) Trinchese, S. (1881). Per la fauna marittima italiana. Aeolididae e famiglie affini. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei.</em> (3) 11: 3-142 + 80pl., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=SnJBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA3
page(s): 93, pl. 56 [details]
original description (of Doto forbesii Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1839-1858). <i>Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie: avec les applications de cette science à la géologie</i>. Vol. 1(1): xii + 368 pp. [1839]; vol. 1(2), 824 pp., 6 fold-out tables [pp. 1-128, 1839; 129-824: 1850]; vol. 2: 384 pp. [pp. 1-194: 1857: 195-348: 1858; Atlas: 80 + xi pp., 132 pls. with various numbers; Explication des planches [pp. 1-24: 1839; pp. 25-48: 1850; pp. 49-80: 1853; appendice pp. i-iv: 1850, pp. v-xi: 1857]. Masson, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218368 [details]
basis of record Vázquez-Alcaide, D.; Salvador, X.; Giribet, G.; Hooker, Y.; Schrödl, M.; Moles, J. (2025). Systematic revision of the speciose sea slug genus <i>Doto</i> (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) − from the Mediterranean to South America. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 56(1): 7: 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01600-6
page(s): 12, figs 9, 5a [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 91, pl. 53 [details]
original description (of Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3105 [details]
original description (of Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881) Trinchese, S. (1881). Per la fauna marittima italiana. Aeolididae e famiglie affini. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia dei Lincei.</em> (3) 11: 3-142 + 80pl., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=SnJBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA3
page(s): 93, pl. 56 [details]
original description (of Doto forbesii Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1839-1858). <i>Traité élémentaire de conchyliologie: avec les applications de cette science à la géologie</i>. Vol. 1(1): xii + 368 pp. [1839]; vol. 1(2), 824 pp., 6 fold-out tables [pp. 1-128, 1839; 129-824: 1850]; vol. 2: 384 pp. [pp. 1-194: 1857: 195-348: 1858; Atlas: 80 + xi pp., 132 pls. with various numbers; Explication des planches [pp. 1-24: 1839; pp. 25-48: 1850; pp. 49-80: 1853; appendice pp. i-iv: 1850, pp. v-xi: 1857]. Masson, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218368 [details]
basis of record Vázquez-Alcaide, D.; Salvador, X.; Giribet, G.; Hooker, Y.; Schrödl, M.; Moles, J. (2025). Systematic revision of the speciose sea slug genus <i>Doto</i> (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) − from the Mediterranean to South America. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 56(1): 7: 1-35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01600-6
page(s): 12, figs 9, 5a [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Shipman C. & Gosliner T. (2015). Molecular and morphological systematics of <i>Doto</i> Oken, 1851 (sic) (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), with descriptions of five new species and a new genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3973(1): 57-101., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3973.1.2 [details]
Other
additional source
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 106. [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 496 [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 106. [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 496 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 6 to 10 mm in length [details]Distribution northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), upper North Shore (between Sept- Iles and Pointe des Monts), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland; New Jersey [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | roodgevlekte kroonslakkroonslak | [details] |
| English | Crowned Grapedragoncrowned dotocrown dotocoronate doto | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (59 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (177 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doto coronata)
To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 64 proteins) (from synonym Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To OPK Opistobranquis
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Doto costae Trinchese, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010227.GP)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (59 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (177 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Doto coronata)
To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 64 proteins) (from synonym Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (68 nucleotides; 64 proteins)
To OPK Opistobranquis
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Doto costae Trinchese, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Doris coronata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Doto splendida Trinchese, 1881)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010227.GP)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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