Re: Doto fragilis from Atlantic coast of France

August 11, 2006
From: François Le Méhauté

Concerning message #17326:

Dear Bill,

Thanks for your answer. This nudibranch is very common in Douarnenez Bay (western Brittany, France, Atlantic Ocean). We can especially observe it in about ten to twenty meters of water, always on the same hydroid, but last Sunday (13 August 2006) I saw one of them at thirty meters on the wreck "La Meuse".

Best regards
François Le Méhauté

flemehaute@club.fr

Le Méhauté, F., 2006 (Aug 11) Re: Doto fragilis from Atlantic coast of France. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17411

Dear François,
The evidence is certainly building up that species of Doto have very specialised diets, each species eating only one, or a very few, species of hydroid.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Aug 11). Comment on Re: Doto fragilis from Atlantic coast of France by François Le Méhauté. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17411

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