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Paedoclione doliiformis is a species of sea angel, a small floating sea slug, a pelagic marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clionidae. Paedoclione doliiformis is the only species in the genus Paedoclione. The generic name is a reference to the paedomorphic habit of this genus, which retains many larval … See more
The type locality of Paedoclione doliiformis is Casco Bay, Portland, Maine.
The distribution includes St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, the Gulf of Maine and … See morePaedoclione doliiformis retains juvenile (larval) physical characteristics for the whole of its life. This is called neoteny (a kind of pedomorphosis).
The body length is up to 1.5 mm. … See moreMating is carried out ventrally for mutual fertilization. The following spring, this results in a free-floating, gelatinous egg mass.
Eggs hatch after … See morePaedoclione doliiformis feeds exclusively on Limacina helicina and on Limacina retroversa, but solely on juveniles with shells smaller than 1 mm. Its abundance is closely linked to … See more
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Carotenoids of Sea Angels Clione limacina and Paedoclione …
FOOD AND FEEDING OF PAEDOCLIONE DOLIIFORMIS …