Dark Doto
Doto kya Marcus, 1961
Description 2
General ground color translucent yellowish white. Dorsum, sides of body, and cerata bear numerous brownish-black spots and blotches. The 8-9 opposite pairs of cerata bear numerous ovoid tubercles which occur in 4-5 (sometimes indistinct) rings around each ceras; cores light tan to brownish. Rhinophores and rhinophore sheaths both bear numerous, small, opaque white dots distally, the margin of the rhinophore sheath is slightly scalloped. May be distinguished from Doto columbiana which has 5-6 pairs of cerata, dark pigment on sides of foot, and lacks opaque white flecks on rhinophores. May be distinguished from Doto amyra which lacks any dark pigment.
Size 2
Typically less than 8mm in length.
Geographic Range 2
Bamfield, Vancouver Is., British Columbia, Canada, to San Diego, CA.
Notes 2
Often found on hydroids such as Plumularia sp.
References 2
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
Synonyms 2
Doto varians MacFarland, 1966, partim.
Additional Info 2
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