Palio zosterae
Appearance
Palio zosterae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
Family: | Polyceridae |
Genus: | Palio |
Species: | P. zosterae
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Binomial name | |
Palio zosterae (O'Donoghue, 1924)[1]
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Palio zosterae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species was described from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is found from Vancouver Island to Bodega Bay, California.[3]
Ecology
[edit]Palio zosterae feeds on the bryozoans Bowerbankia gracilis and Membranipora membranacea.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ O'Donoghue, C. H. (1924) Notes on the nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island region. IV. Additional species and records. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, 15(1): 1-33, pls. 1-2.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Palio zosterae (O'Donoghue, 1924). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-13
- ^ Behrens, D. W. (1991) Pacific coast nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs, Alaska to Baja California, 1- 107. Second Edition. Sea Challengers: Monterey, California.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (July 13) Palio zosterae (O'Donoghue, 1924). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.