Catriona columbiana

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Catriona columbiana
Catriona columbiana from Santa Cruz, California.jpg
Santa Cruz, California
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Catriona
Species:
C. columbiana
Binomial name
Catriona columbiana
(O'Donoghue, 1922) [1]
Synonyms
  • Amphorina colombianaO'Donoghue, 1922
  • Tenellia columbiana(O'Donoghue, 1922)

Catriona columbiana, common name British Columbia aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species was described from Gabriola Pass, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. [1] has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Cutter Rock, Ketchikan, Alaska, to San Diego, California. [3] [4]

Ecology

Catriona columbiana feeds on the athecate hydroids Tubularia and Syncoryne . [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 O'Donoghue, C.H. (1922). Notes on the Nudibranchiate Mollusca from the Vancouver Island Region. III. Records of species and distribution. Transactions of the Royal Canadian Institute, Toronto, 14(1): 145-167, pls.5-6.
  2. Gofas, S. (2016). Tenellia columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-23.
  3. 1 2 McDonald, G. (2015). Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922) Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
  4. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 11) Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.