Doto divae Marcus & Marcus, 1960

Delgado, Marlon, Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais, Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de, Padula, Vinicius, Bahia, Juliana & Brandão, Simone Nunes, 2022, Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-26 : 16

34. Doto divae Marcus & Marcus, 1960 ( Fig. 4D )

Material examined: Parrachos de Rio do Fogo, Rio do Fogo, 25. VI.2010, one specimen, 2 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 285).

Description: Body cylindric and elongated, whitish with dark green spots irregularly distributed over the body. Rhinophores whitish with dark green spots. Conspicuous, well-developed head with small eyes close to the basis of the rhinophores, elongated, retractile rhinophores with robust basal projection. Anal and genital pores present mid-laterally and below the first cerata, and between second and third ceratae, respectively.Two longitudinal rows of ceratae parallel to each other, with narrow basis and with globular tubercles. Second cerata with well-developed and vertically elongated, small tubercle. Foliaceous gills between the tubercles, irregularly distributed. Posteriorly, smooth foot elongated forming a prominent, translucent tail.

Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic: Bonaire, Mexico, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, USA, Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte – present study) ( Marcus & Marcus, 1960; Valdés et al., 2006; Rios, 2009).

Figures

Figure 4. Heterobranch sea slugs from Rio Grande do Norte. (A) Doris kyolis (6 mm – GEEFAA 340); (B) Doris sp. (8 mm – GEEFAA 347); (C) Doto chica (5 mm – GEEFAA 315); (D) Doto divae (2 mm – GEEFAA 285); (E) Phidiana lynceus (27 mm – MZSP 97035);(F) Cratena minor (18 mm – GEEFAA 334); (G) Berghia creutzbergi (13 mm – GEEFAA 1306); (H) Berghia rissodominguezi (3 mm – GEEFAA 289); (I) Spurilla braziliana (13 mm – MZSP 97034); (J) Glaucus atlanticus (35 mm – phot. reg.);(K) Cuthonabarbadiana (5 mm – GEEFAA 257).