aeolid nudibranch Doto antarctica

Doto antarctica has been found in Antarctica and South Shetland Islands from 21 to 160 meters depth [1,2, 3,4].

D. antarctica is pale yellowish-white or yellowish-brown, and has 6-7 pairs of cerata with the tubercles on the cerata having whiter tips [1,2].



Several Doto antarctica are shown here on the hydroid Ophiodes arboreus, on which Doto antarctica feeds [5].

D. antarctica is up to eleven millimeters in length [1].

1: Mollusca. IV. Nudibranchiata. C Eliot. National Antarctic Expedition,1901- 1904. Natural History. Volume II. Zoology (Vertebrata: Mollusca: Crustacea). London: British Museum, 1907; 2: The Nudibranchiata. NHG Odhner. British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural history reports. Zoology. Volume VII. Mollusca. Polychaeta. Chaetognatha. London: British Museum, 1923-1935. pp. 229-309; 3: Rob Robbins, personal communication, 2005; 4: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 50(10-11):1799-1819, 2003; 5: Ecological Monographs 44(1):105-128, 1974

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