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Lovely Headshield Slug
Chelidonura amoena
13.6901, 120.89
Field Notes
Description:
"Headshield slug with rounded head, 2 long tail like appendages. Colour is grey-brown, fading at sides, with a fine white punctuation and yellow tips. 5 cm.
Easy to distinguish from Chekidonura inornata and other species by the fading colour pattern."
Source: http://www.seadb.net/en_Chelidonura-amoena_365.htm
Habitat:
Coral and reefs, sand and rubble. Indo-Pacific.
Notes:
Pictures 1-2 are of a pair mating. Pictures 3-5 are of one of the slugs crawling away after mating. Probably disturbed it :-)
Depth of about 6 m. Twin Rocks, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 23, 2013
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