Doto species from Massachusetts, USA

July 2, 2002
From: Alan Shepard

Dr. Rudman
I've attached a recent photo [April 2002] I took at Folly Cove in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA. This tiny nudibranch was only 5mm long or so and was in about 5m of water. It was a totally new species for me. I knew it was a Doto species but wasn't sure which one. I sent the photo to Dr. Larry Harris at the University of New Hampshire and he tentatively IDed it as Doto columbiana. It however does not look like the Doto columbiana on your site.
Sincerely,
Alan Shepard

alan.chepard@snet.net

Shepard,A., 2002 (Jul 2) Doto species from Massachusetts, USA. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6917

Dear Alan,
Have a look at Bernard Picton's recent comments on photos of this species that Paul Young sent from Massachusetts. He considers that it is probably D. fragilis. The 'cf' in the name of the Doto cf. columbiana on the Forum is to indicate it just looks a bit like D. columbiana but we really aren't sure. In some groups of animals all I can do on the Forum is shine the spotlight on 'problem areas' which woud be worth a closer look. Doto qualifies as such a group almost everywhere on the world.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jul 2). Comment on Doto species from Massachusetts, USA by Alan Shepard. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6917

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