Doto coronata. Body length 12mm. Dark crimson on head, body and subepidermally on lower half of mesial face of cerata. Anal papilla between first & second ceras on right. 6 pairs of cerata (fifth on right missing). February 2013. Menai Strait. Wales. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Body length 12mm. p: pseudobranchs on mesial faces of cerata (often absent or indistinct). Five circles of tubercles on some cerata (often maximum is 4). Subepidermal dark crimson in lower mesial face. Feb. 2013. Menai Strait. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Body length 12mm. Genital papilla below first ceras. White upper surface of foot protudes all around body. 5 circles of tubercles on some cerata (maximum often 4). February 2013. Menai Strait. Wales. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Larger one, 8mm, produced largest spawn mass. Smaller one deposited middle size mass. A third even smaller specimen, not in picture, laid the smallest spawn mass. Spawn expands with water after laying. Menai Strait, Wales. March 2012. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Length 8mm. Sole translucent white. No propodial expansion on foot. No oral tentacles, but side margins of head expanded into lateral quadrangular flaps. LWS, Menai Strait, Wales. March 2012. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Length 7mm. Lateral quadrangular head flaps extended, don't mistake for propodial expansion. Mantle edge raised near rhinophores; don’t mistake for head crests. On Dynamena on Fucus serratus. LWS, Menai Strait, Wales. March 2010. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata spawn mass, 5mm across, on flat surface. Convoluted white band, apparently with accompanying line of mucus, perhaps to secure the mass. LWS, Menai Strait, Wales. February 2010. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Length 7.5mm. Lines indicate: a) head crest (raised rib) in front of right rhinophore and b) the left edge of the mantle. LWS, Mersey Estuary, January 2011. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Length 7mm with red juvenile to left. Internally, adult’s cerata have orange digestive gland, scarlet spheroids and white granular bodies. Dilated rhinophore sheaths. LWS, Mersey Estuary, January 2011. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Length 10mm. Crimson surface pigment extending between cerata from dorsum onto flanks. 9 cerata each side (usual max. 8) and 6 rings of tubercles (usual max. 4) on some cerata. Black-red spheroids in tubercles. Orkney, April 1977. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith