Doto chica 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

33. Doto chica Marcus & Marcus, 1960 ( Fig. 4C )

Material examined: Praia de Baia Formosa, Baia Formosa, 03.I.2011, three specimens, 5-6 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 315).

Description: Body flat and elongated, whitish with light brown spots over the entire body and also white, spots. Ceratae creamish, with light pink tubercles and blue spots. Rhinophores dark brown with minute, whitish spots. Head well developed, with small eyes, elongated oral tentacles, one pair of retractile rhinophores with basal projection. Medially, with anal and genital pores elevated. Two rows of longitudinal ceratae with globose tubercles. Posteriorly, smooth foot elongated forming a prominent tail.

Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, CuraÇao, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, USA, Venezuela, Brazil (Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte – present study, São Paulo) (Ev.Marcus & Er. Marcus,1960; Valdés et al., 2006; García et al., 2008; Galvão-Filho et al., 2015).

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).