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Doto columbiana British Columbia Doto

Doto columbiana is commonly referred to as British Columbia Doto. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Doto columbiana, Pillar Point 2014


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lexID:
10327 
AphiaID:
581833 
Scientific:
Doto columbiana 
German:
British Columbia Doto 
English:
British Columbia Doto 
Category:
Nudibranchs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dotidae (Family) > Doto (Genus) > columbiana (Species) 
Initial determination:
O'Donoghue, 1921 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
8 - 45 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,4cm - 1,2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 50 °F (°C - 10°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Food specialist, Hydrozoa polyps 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-06-09 12:57:45 

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Doto columbiana O'Donoghue, 1921

The body colour is translucent greyish-white to pale greyish-yellow with irregular, scattered black pigment occurs on dorsum and sides of body, and on sides of foot. Doto columbiana, commonly known as British Columbia Doto , has 5-6 opposite pairs of cerata. Rhinophores are translucent greyish-white in colour.

This minute Doto feeds on hydrozoen genus Aglaophenia.

Similar species are Doto kya (has 8-9 pairs of cerata, lacks dark pigment on sides of foot) and Doto amyra (lacks any dark pigment).

External links

  1. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 09.06.2024.

Pictures

Spawn

Doto columbiana,Torrance Reef 2024
Doto columbiana and egg masses (Asilomar), California, USA 2024
Doto columbiana & eggs (Carmel Pt).On prey hydroid Aglaophenia.2017

Commonly

Doto columbiana, Patrick's Point 2015
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Doto columbiana,San Mateo County, California 2023
Doto columbiana,2019
Doto columbiana, 2019
Doto columbiana, 2019
Doto columbiana, Pillar Point 2014
Doto columbiana, Pillar Point 2014

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