Catriona columbiana
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| Catriona columbiana/Cuthona columbiana | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | C. columbiana
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| Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922)[1]
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Cuthona columbiana (Catriona columbiana), common name British Columbia aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Tergipedidae.[2]
Distribution
This species was described from Gabriola Pass, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.[1] has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Cutter Rock, Ketchikan, Alaska, to San Diego, California.[3][4]
Ecology
Cuthona columbiana feeds on the athecate hydroids Tubularia and Syncoryne.[3]
References
- ^ a b O'Donoghue, C.H. (1922). Notes on the Nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island Region. III. Records of species and distribution. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, Toronto, 14(1): 145-167, pls.5-6.
- ^ WoRMS (2014). Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397068 on 2015-01-28
- ^ a b McDonald, G. (2015). Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922) Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 11) Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.