Doto floridicola from French Mediterranean
July 27, 2002
From: Marina Poddubetskaia
Dear Bill,
Could you confirm, please, the ID of this Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888. Usually, this animal and its egg-ribbon could be found on Aglaophenia spp.
Date: July 03, 2002
Location: Cerbere, France [Mediterranean coast]. Site: Canadells
Size: animal = 7-8mm / egg-ribbon = 5-6mm
Photos: Marina Poddubetskaia - Nembro website
Best wishes,
Marina.
nembro@nembro.info
Poddubetskaia, M., 2002 (Jul 27) Doto floridicola from French Mediterranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7496
Dear Marina,
It certainly looks like D. floridicola. Another species with similar reddish markings is D. paulinae Trinchese, 1881 but in that species the terminal ceratal tubercle is white not red.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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