Palio dubia
| Palio dubia | |
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| Palio dubia, Gulen, Norway. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Genus: | Palio |
| Species: | P. dubia
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| Palio dubia | |
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Palio dubia 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 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.[3]
Ecology
[edit]In Scotland and Ireland Palio dubia feeds on the bryozoan Eucratea loricata.[4]
References
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- ^ Sars, Michael. (1829). Bidrag til Södyrenes Naturhistorie. Chr. Dahl, Bergen 1-60
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-13
- ^ 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. Palio dubia (M. Sars, 1829). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.