Palio nothus

Palio nothus
Palio nothus, Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Polycerinae
Genus: Palio
Species: P. nothus
Binomial name
Palio nothus
(Johnston, 1838)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Triopa nothus Johnston, 1838
  • Polycera ocellata Alder & Hancock, 1842

Palio nothus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Distribution

This species was described from Prestonpans Bay, Firth of Forth, Scotland. 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.[3]

Ecology

In the north-east Atlantic Palio nothus feeds on bryozoans of the genus Bowerbankia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Johnston, G. 1838. Miscellanea zoologica. IV. The Scottish Mollusca Nudibranchia. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 1(1):44-56, pls. 2-3.
  2. ↑ Johnston, G. 1838a. Miscellanea zoologica. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 1(2):114-125.
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (June 5) Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
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