TERGIPEDIDAE, Bergh, 1889
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Family TERGIPEDIDAE View in CoL
Catriona columbiana O’Donoghue, 1922 Introduced
This North Pacific nudibranch, identified by its pink to creamy cerata, feeds on hydroids of the genus Tubularia (sensu lato) ( Gosliner 1987). It was first collected on pilings in Cape Town Docks in 1972, where it was found on the introduced ascidian Ciona intestinalis ( Gosliner and Griffiths 1981) . We recognize that this is a variable species with many synonyms ( McDonald 2007). In South Africa it has only been recorded in Cape Town Docks so we concur with Gosliner (1987) that it represents an introduction, likely to have arrived in South Africa through ship fouling and ballast water.
Gosliner TM, Griffiths RJ. 1981. Description and revision of some South African Aeolidacean Nudibranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Ann S Afr Mus. 84: 105 - 150.
Gosliner T (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Monterey, CA: Sea Challengers, 136 pp.
McDonald GR. 2007. Sarcoglossa and Nudibranchia. In: Carlton JT, editor. The Light and Smith Manual. Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 788 - 807.
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