Palio nothus
| Palio nothus | |
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| Palio nothus, Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Polycerinae |
| Genus: | Palio |
| Species: | P. nothus |
| Binomial name | |
| Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838)[1][2] | |
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Palio nothus is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[3]
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.[4]
Ecology
In the north-east Atlantic Palio nothus feeds on bryozoans of the genus Bowerbankia.[5]
References
- ↑ Johnston, G. 1838a. Miscellanea zoologica. IV. The Scottish Mollusca Nudibranchia. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 1(1):44-56, pls. 2-3.
- ↑ Johnston, G. 1838b. Miscellanea zoologica. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 1(2):114-125.
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (June 5) Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
- ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., (2010). Palio nothus (Johnston, 1838). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.
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