28 Doto coronata album. Hydroid, Kirchenpaueria pinnata, prey of Doto dunnei, plate LXV, modified, Hincks (1868).

28 Doto coronata album.  Hydroid, Kirchenpaueria pinnata, prey of Doto dunnei, plate LXV, modified, Hincks (1868).

1: polyp colony with scale. 2: magnified hydrothecae. 3: magnified gonothecae.
“The major morphological distinction between D. millbayana and D. dunnei is the shape of their pseudobranchs. D. dunnei possesses a strongly developed pseudobranch with a narrow stem, while D. millbayana’s well-developed pseudobranchs have featherlike lamellae with upward pointing tips (Lemche 1976). – – preliminary data – – suggests they are conspecific.” (Shipman & Gosliner, 2015).
In both species red marks on the cerata are not confined to the tubercles.