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
Doto coronata. Length 7.5mm. Dorsal crest (raised rib) from rhinophore to front of head is inconspicuous in this instance, but often visible. Translucent rhinophores and dilated sheaths have a few white pigment marks. LWS, Mersey Estuary, January 2011. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Largest 7.5mm long. Juveniles have little or no surface pigment and weakly developed internal red spheroids. Colour of digestive gland in cerata reflects diet. LWS, Mersey Estuary, January 2011. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Prey of D. coronata ; the hydroid Dynamena growing on Fucus serratus. Menai Strait, Wales. February 2010. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith
Doto coronata. Length 13mm. Crimson blotching on mesial face of cerata. 3 or 4 rings of tubercles on each ceras. Internally, each tubercle has apical crimson spheroid and several sub-apical white granular bodies. LWS, Menai Strait, Wales. March 2010. Species Doto coronata Photographer / copyright holder I.F. Smith