''Palio dubia'' is a species of
sea slug, a
nudibranch, a shell-less
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusc
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in the family
Polyceridae.
Distribution
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.
Ecology
In Scotland and Ireland ''Palio dubia'' feeds on the bryozoan ''
Eucratea loricata
Eucratea is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the monotypic family Eucrateidae.
The species of this genus are found in Northern Hemisphere
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[Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C., 2010]
''Palio dubia'' (M. Sars, 1829).
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References
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Polyceridae
Taxa named by Michael Sars
Gastropods described in 1829