Onchidium sp.
This is not nudibranch or sea slug
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Identification is verified by Richard Willan, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Richard Willan: This is what is commonly known as a Mangrove Slug, it is a pulmonate slug in which the lung opens at the rear of the body. So it isn’t a sea slug.
Thanks to Denis Riek for suggesting identification for this species
Comment from the photographer: Found between rockpools on the north coast of the island. The rocks were quite dry but the creature did not appear to be stressed. Photo taken in May 1995 with a 35mm SLR. Digitised from the negative with Epson v350 scanner. Colours accurate. Creature was about 10cm long.
Comment from Denis Riek: Air breathing sea slug - Family Onchidiidae
| Location: | Darnley Island (Erub Island), Australia |
| Photographer: | Chris Alger |
| Camera: | Unknown Unknown › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | July 4, 2010 |
| Viewed: | 444 times |
| Posted: | 2 years ago |
| Updated: | 2 years ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Onchidiidae |
| Species: | Onchidium sp. |