Doto amyra from British Columbia
January 24, 2006
From: Marli Wakeling
Hi Bill,
Here's a rather large (for a miniscule species), Doto amyra, from Northern Vancouver Island.
Locality: Bob's Spot, Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada.
Pacific coast. Depth: 45 feet. Length: 10 mm. 22 May 2005. Rocky wall.
Photographer: Marli Wakeling
Cheers,
Marli
scubamarli@excite.com
Wakeling, M., 2006 (Jan 24) Doto amyra from British Columbia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13986Dear Marli,
Making sure identifications of this species is quite difficult, as it has been proposed there may be as many as four distinct species, currently lumped as color variations of Doto amyra.
I would suggest that this is the variation that Jeff Goddard in his 1996 paper discribing the lecithotrophic development of the species, refers to as Form A.
One indication to support this identification is it is feeding on athecate hydroids, and lacks any dark pigmentation.
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Goddard, J.H.R. 1996. Lecithotrophic development in Doto amyra (Nudibranchia: Dendronotacea), with a review of developmental modes in the genus. The Veliger 39(1):3-54.
Best wishes,
Dave Behrens
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