| Catriona columbiana | |
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| Santa Cruz, California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Catriona |
| Species: | C. columbiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Catriona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
Distribution
This species was described from Gabriola Pass, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. has been recorded along the Eastern Pacific coastline of North America from Cutter Rock, Ketchikan, Alaska, to San Diego, California.
Ecology
Catriona columbiana feeds on the athecate hydroids Tubularia and Syncoryne.
References
- ^ 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 (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-23.
- ^ 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). Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Catriona columbiana | |
| Cuthona columbiana | |
| Amphorina columbiana | |