Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Polyceroidea Subfamily Polycerinae Genus Palio | Class Gastropoda Family Polyceridae Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Polycera quadrilineata, Polycera faeroensis, Tenellia foliata, Goniodoris castanea, Cadlina laevis | ||
Palio nothus 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 Prestonpans Bay, Firth of Forth, Scotland. 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 the north-east Atlantic Palio nothus feeds on bryozoans of the genus Bowerbankia.
References
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