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Image courtesy of Marcel Tanke
Anilao, Philippines
Doto cf sp. 1 (in NSSI 2nd ed).
Species of the genus Doto are a pain to identify in whatever ocean they come from. There are 19 undescribed species in the Indo-Pacific alone. Another four from the Pacific Coast of the US, Mexico and Canada, and another half dozen from the Atlantic.
This one is another tough guys but because of the black rhinophores and white tips on some cerata, we would tentatively call it Doto sp. 1. This is just a very pale version of the species, which Master Brancher Terry Gosliner explains is a quite variable species, but this might change when we get around to systematic studies of the group.
Dave Behrens
New Braunfels, TX
Nov., 2024
Send Dave email at davidwbehrens@gmail.com
Send Marcel email at marceltanke52@gmail.com
Washington to Texas
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Marcel Tanke presently again lives in his native country, the Netherlands. He started diving during the 14 years that they lived in China and Korea. Marcel has BSAC Instructor diving level. Diving took him pretty much all over Asia and many other places. Nudibranchs became his main interest after several trips to the Philippines and Indonesia. Marcel is still using a "point and click" camera, currently Olympus TG-6.
Send Marcel email at marceltanke52@gmail.com
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