British Columbia Doto
Doto columbiana O'Donoghue, 1921
Description 2
Ground color translucent greyish-white to pale greyish-yellow. Irregular, scattered black pigment occurs on dorsum and sides of body, and on sides of foot. The 5-6 opposite pairs of cerata bear rather short, flat tubercles; cores may be pale tan, pale pink, or pale yellow. Rhinophores and rhinophore sheath are translucent greyish-white and lack opaque white dots, the margin of the rhinophore sheath is smooth. May be distinguished from Doto kya which has 8-9 pairs of cerata, lacks dark pigment on sides of foot, and has opaque white flecks on rhinophores. May be distinguished from Doto amyra which lacks any dark pigment.
Size 2
Typically about 8mm in length.
Geographic Range 2
Pearse Island, British Columbia, Canada, to Carmel Pt., Monterey Co., CA.
Notes 2
Often found on the hydroid Aglaophenia.
References 2
JUST, H., & M. EDMUNDS. 1985. North Atlantic nudibranchs (Mollusca) seen by Henning Lemche, with additional species from the Mediterranean and the north east Pacific. Ophelia suppl. 2:1-170.
MACFARLAND, F. M. 1966. Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 6:1-546, pls. 1-72. PDF
McDONALD, G. R. 1983. A review of the nudibranchs of the California coast. Malacologia 24(1-2):114-276. PDF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE TAXONOMISTS. 2018. A taxonomic listing of benthic macro- and megainvertebrates from infaunal & epibenthic monitoring and research programs in the southern California bight, edition 12, 1 July 2018, xviii + 167 pp. PDF
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