Doto sp. from Spain

June 8, 1999
From: Miquel Pontes

Here I enclose three pictures we shot two weeks ago in the Costa Brava, the Spanish North East coast, at a depth of about 16 meters.

We're interested on identifying the nudibranch displayed on them, that we believe it is a Doto.

It was feeding on an Aglaophenia cnidarian (sea plumes). We cannot determine the species and we have found almost no information on it. Could anyone help us ?

These pictures are not good because the animal was really tiny (about 3-4 mm) and I'm afraid they were a bit out of focus.

Miquel Pontes

mpontes@marenostrum.org

Pontes, M., 1999 (Jun 8) Doto sp. from Spain. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/928

Dear Miquel,

I showed a few people on Sicily the photos but they were not sure of the identity. Hopefully some of the participants from Spain and Portugal will have a second look and suggest a name. Atlantic species of Doto are often quite difficult to identify but hopefully your photos are clear enough for someone to recognise the species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Jun 8). Comment on Doto sp. from Spain by Miquel Pontes. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/928

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