Doto millbayana

Klas Malmberg Aquatilis Is this Doto millbayana? Crimson spots on the tubercles and on the general surface on ceras. Rhinofores with sheats sligthly flares and white pigment. Can anyone confirm?

Bernard Picton Probably. Do you know what it was feeding on? Carissa Shipman, this has small pseudobranchs compared with Doto dunnei which I recently collected. The dunnei had large pseudobranchs.

Klas Malmberg Aquatilis I found it on Nemertesia sp.

Bernard Picton But was there some Plumularia setacea growing on the Nemertesia? It often does and I've never seen a Doto with pink pigment eating Nemertesia.

Klas Malmberg Aquatilis I do not think it was eating the Nemertesia but suspect Plumularia, I could see growth of some kind on the Nemertesia

Klas Malmberg Aquatilis Thanks Bernard Picton for the information!

Carissa Shipman Yeah, I noticed this as well Bernard Picton. D. dunnei has more elongate pseudobranchs than D. millbayana. So I am guessing they are not the same after all!

Bernard Picton I've just found a couple of D. millbayana and had some Doto dunnei two weeks ago, so I can confirm that the pseudobranchs are much larger in Doto dunnei.

Arne Kuilman And a wonderful photo

Carissa Shipman well, someone needs to sequence more genes other than the ones I have done to confirm whether D. dunnei and D. millbayana are the same.