Palio zosterae

Palio zosterae
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. zosterae
Binomial name
Palio zosterae
(O'Donoghue, 1924)[1]

Palio zosterae is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is found from Vancouver Island to Bodega Bay, California.[3]

Ecology

Palio zosterae feeds on the bryozoans Bowerbankia gracilis and Membranipora membranacea.[4]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Palio zosterae (O'Donoghue, 1924). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-13
  3. Behrens, D. W. (1991) Pacific coast nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs, Alaska to Baja California, 1- 107. Second Edition. Sea Challengers: Monterey, California.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (July 13) Palio zosterae (O'Donoghue, 1924). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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