Doto varaderoensis is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.
Distribution This species was described from Playa de Varadero, Cuba. It has also been reported from Puerto RicoValdés, Ángel; Hamann, Jeff; Behrens, David W.; DuPont, Anne. Caribbean Sea Slugs, Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Etc., Gig Harbor, Washington 2006, pp. 150-151. and Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida.
Description The body of this nudibranch is translucent brown in colour. The cerata have numerous tubercles which are swollen and globular in appearance.Rudman, W.B., 2009 (June 3) Doto varaderoensis Ortea, 2001. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
The maximum recorded body length is 10 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Ecology Minimum recorded depth is 1 m. Maximum recorded depth is 5 m.
Doto varaderoensis was found associated with the hydroids Thyroscyphus sp. in the family Sertulariidae.
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