Doto sp. 5.

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DENDRONOTINA
Family: Dotidae

PHOTO

ek1097d35 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite "La Caverna" size 6 mm, depth 8 m, April 30, 2000
ek110117 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite "Cabo Norfeo" size 8 mm, depth 7 m, May 02, 2000. Photos: Erwin Koehler.

See Erwin Koehler's message for more photos.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 2) Doto sp. 5. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/dotosp5

Related messages


My first Doto

June 3, 2000
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,
After long years of searching for it, I finally find my first Doto. Just as Bernard Picton writes in his field guide I found lots of spawn upon Aglaophenia sp. and collected a clump of these hydroids. In my aquarium I discovered there were 5 individuals upon this clump. The smallest was 1 mm, the largest 6 mm long - I didn't expect them to be so very small. Now there is the next problem:
Identification! There are 16 species listed in "Annotated Check-List of Mediterranean Marine Molluscs" by Sabelli, Gianuzzi-Savelli
and Bedulli, Bologna, 1990 - which one did I find?

ek1097d35 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite "La Caverna" size 6 mm, depth 8 m, April 30, 2000
ek110117 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite „Cabo Norfeo“ size 8 mm, depth 7 m, May 02, 2000
ek109719 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite "La Caverna" egg-ribbons upon Aglaophenia sp., diameter 5-10 mm, depth 7 m, April 30, 2000
ek1103a17 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite "Fraire" size 9 mm, depth 19 m, May 03, 2000 – this is the same one as ek110315, photo was made in an aquarium with several extension tubes, the egg-ribbon and the Aglaophenia sp. are from ek1097xx
ek110615 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite "La Caverna" size 5 mm, depth 5 m, May 04, 2000
ek1097a21 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite "La Caverna" size 4-6 mm, depth 8 m, April 30, 2000
ek1097d31 Spain, Cala Joncols, divesite "La Caverna" size 5 mm, depth 8 m, April 30, 2000

I hope you or some of the Spanish experts can help - although the photos aren't very good.

Erwin.

Medslugs.Koehler@t-online.de

Koehler, E., 2000 (Jun 3) My first Doto. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2492

Dear Erwin,
Congratulations on finding your first Doto. I think I'll leave the identification to a local expert.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Jun 3). Comment on My first Doto by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2492