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Palio dubia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Polyceridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Polyceroidea

Subfamily
  
Polycerinae

Palio dubia

Similar
  
Cadlina laevis, Ancula gibbosa, Onchidoris muricata, Dendronotus frondosus, Onchidoris bilamellata

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

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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.

References

Palio dubia Wikipedia