Doto columbiana from British Columbia

September 11, 2007
From: Clinton Bauder

Hi Bill,

I think the dark markings extending onto the foot make this one Doto columbiana.

Also I think you mentioned in a previous message that caprellid shrimps were reputed to displace nudibranchs off of hydroids. As you can see in this and several of my Eubranchus photos in British Columbia at least the arthropods and molluscs seem to coexist.

Locality: Browning Pass, 15 meters, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific, 27 August 2007, Rock Wall. Length: 4 mm. Photographer: Clinton Bauder.

Clinton Bauder

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Bauder, C., 2007 (Sep 11) Doto columbiana from British Columbia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20649

Hi Clinton,

Nice catch. I have personally never seen this species but it certainly follows O'Donoghue's original description. The black markings on the body show well, but the rings around the tubercles on the cerata are very, very vague.

Thanks for sharing,
Dave Behrens

Behrens, D.W., 2007 (Sep 11). Comment on Doto columbiana from British Columbia by Clinton Bauder. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20649

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