Doto cervicenigra Ortea and Bouchet, 1989
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Doto cervicenigra Ortea and Bouchet, 1989 |
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Doto cervicenigra Ortea and Bouchet, 1989 View in CoL View at ENA
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Material examined
Cala Maset caves, Sant Feliu de Guíxols ( Spain), 41°47 ʹ 10.5”N, 3°2 ʹ 44.6”E, 13 April 2016, 0.3 m depth, 1 spc., L = 5 mm; 31 December 2017, 1.2 m depth, 3 spcs, juveniles and adults, L = 15 mm; 13 January 2018, 0.4 m depth, 2 spcs, L = 3–7 mm; 31 December 2017, 1.2 m depth, 3 spcs, juveniles and adults, L = 15 mm; GoogleMaps Le Ponton , Étang de Thau , Sète ( France), 43°25 ʹ 28.5”N, 3°42 ʹ E, 13 April 2018, 0.2 m depth, 4 spcs, adults, L = 7–10 mm; 21 May 2018, 0.2 m depth, 12 spcs, adults and egg masses, L = 7–10 mm; GoogleMaps la Farge, Étang de Thau , Sète ( France), 43°25 ʹ 48”N, 3°42 ʹ 14”E, 21 May 2018, 0.2 m depth, 17 spcs, adults and egg masses, L = 7–10 mm; GoogleMaps Port de Sant Feliu ( Spain), 41°46 ʹ 42.2”N, 3°02 ʹ 16.4”E, 29 January 2020, 0.2 m depth, 11 spcs, adults, juveniles and egg masses, L = 2–12 mm; GoogleMaps Arenys de Mar port ( Spain), 41°34 ʹ 38.8”N, 2°33 ʹ 23.5”E, 15 February 2020, 0.2 m depth, 2 spcs, adults, L = 10 mm; GoogleMaps Port de Blanes ( Spain), 41°40 ʹ 25.5”N, 2°47 ʹ 48.6”E, 2 March 2020, 0.2 m depth, 2 spcs, adults, L = 6–10 mm; GoogleMaps Mar Menor, Cartagena ( Spain), 37°38 ʹ 6”N, 0°44 ʹ 10.3”W, 27 September 2020, 0.3 m depth, 7 spcs, juveniles, adults and egg masses, L = 2–6 mm GoogleMaps .
External morphology
Body elongate, narrow, background colour white with black marks all along but most concentrated in the head area. Rhinophores black with white tips. Cerata with tubercles, apical part black.
Ecology
Specimens were found at shallow depths where there was an influx of fresh water, on rocks and hydrozoans, possibly Obelia spp. , feeding and laying large, short, linear, white egg masses (very different from the characteristic egg masses of the genus Doto , with an ‘S’ shape) at the bottom of the colony. Found to be more active at night.
Distribution
Corsica ( Ortea and Bouchet 1989); Italy ( Chiarore et al. 2019); Spain: Spanish Levantine coast (this study), Mallorca (GROC 2009–2021), Catalonia (this study); France (this study).
Remarks
This species is easily distinguished from Doto conspecifics by the presence of black rhinophores and small tubercles with a black dot in the cerata ( Ortea and Bouchet 1989).
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