Doto from British Columbia

September 13, 2003
From: Jackie Hildering and Glen Miller

Dear Bill,

Would this be Doto columbiana? No black colouration; appears to have full orange colouration. Have seen them several times feeding on orange hydroids (Garveia annulata).

Dive: Warbonnet Wall - Plumper Group, British Columbia, Canada
Depth: 60'

Best wishes,
Jackie Hildering and Glen Miller

earthent@telus.net

Hildering, J. & Miller, J., 2003 (Sep 13) Doto from British Columbia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10953

Dear Jackie and Glen,
We definitely need someone to have a look at the species of Doto in the NE Pacific. Your animal does seem to be eating the same hydroid as the animal in Marli's message, which as you'll see by the messages has been tentatively identified with Doto columbiana. But that species has much black patching on the body which seems to exclude your animal. Until we know just how variable in colour these animals are in the NE Pacific, what they eat, and a little more about their anatomy, I suspect identifying species of Doto from the region is going to cause a few problems.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Sep 13). Comment on Doto from British Columbia by Jackie Hildering and Glen Miller. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10953

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Unidentified - East Pacific (Central and South America)

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