Palio dubia
| Palio dubia | |
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| Palio dubia, Gulen, Norway. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Polycerinae |
| Genus: | Palio |
| Species: | P. dubia |
| Binomial name | |
| Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829) [1] | |
Palio dubia is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
Distribution
This species was described from Norway. It has subsequently been reported from the United Kingdom north to Scandinavia, Russia and Greenland. It has also been reported from the Pacific coast of Canada.[2]
Ecology
In Scotland and Ireland Palio dubia feeds on the bryozoan Eucratea loricata.[3]
References
- ↑ Sars, Michael. (1829). Bidrag til Södyrenes Naturhistorie. Chr. Dahl, Bergen 1-60
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (September 17) Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
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