Robin Gwen Agarwal, USA
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Doto kya Er. Marcus, 1961
Doto kya is known from the cold temperate waters of the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Dark Doto have a brown to black pigmentation on the body, head, rhinophore sheaths and cerata, but not on the sides of the foot.
There are 6 to 9 (usually 7 to 8) pairs of cerata with ovoid tubercles.
Doto kya can be found with their egg masses on Plumularia spp.,which is often growing on perennial brown algae (Cystoseira osmundacea).
Very similar is Doto columbiana (with pigmentation on the sides of the foot, the pigmention is not so dark and concentrated).
Synonym:
Doto varians
Doto kya is known from the cold temperate waters of the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Dark Doto have a brown to black pigmentation on the body, head, rhinophore sheaths and cerata, but not on the sides of the foot.
There are 6 to 9 (usually 7 to 8) pairs of cerata with ovoid tubercles.
Doto kya can be found with their egg masses on Plumularia spp.,which is often growing on perennial brown algae (Cystoseira osmundacea).
Very similar is Doto columbiana (with pigmentation on the sides of the foot, the pigmention is not so dark and concentrated).
Synonym:
Doto varians
