Catriona columbiana
| Catriona columbiana | |
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| Santa Cruz, California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Catriona |
| Species: | C. columbiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922)[1] | |
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Catriona columbiana, the British Columbia aeolid, is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
Ecology
Catriona columbiana feeds on the athecate hydroids Tubularia and Syncoryne.[4]
References
- 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.
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2016). Tenellia columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). In: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tenellia columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890620 on 2026-03-03
- ↑ Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,
- 1 2 McDonald, G. (2015). Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922) Intertidal Invertebrates of the Monterey Bay Area, California.
- ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 11) Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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