One tiny animal can be a nightmare for avid gardeners and that is the pesky slug. From munching lettuce heads to destroying young seedlings, slugs can leave a trail of destruction in their path. And ...

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One tiny animal can be a nightmare for avid gardeners and that is the pesky slug.From munching lettuce heads to destroying young seedlings, slugs can leave a trail of destruction in their path. And it ... List of species in the forum. Species list The following list of fact sheets contains information on hundreds of species of sea slugs from around the world.

Key Insights

New species are added regularly in response to discussions on the Forum. Linked to each fact sheet are Forum messages and responses. Acanthodoris brunnea Acanthodoris hudsoni Acanthodoris lutea Acanthodoris nanaimoensis Acanthodoris pilosa ... A scientist working with Bursatella leachii, a sea slug that lives in an intertidal habitat in the coastal waters of Puerto Rico, gathered the following information about the distribution of the sea slugs within a ten-meter square plot over a 10-day period. A swimming black slug, with winglike fins and producing purple ink, can only be a slug we call a Sea Hare.

Final Thoughts

The species is probably Aplysia morio although there is another swimming species in the Caribbean, Aplysia brasiliana, but that is usually a browner colour. The slug stays within the tube and usually wins the tug of match by continuing to chew on the anemone until it succumbs. Amazing behavior, quite exciting to watch. The word "slug" describes a body shape rather than a group of species with a common ancestor. Essentially, "slugs" are "snails" that have either lost their shells or are in the process of losing their shells. This has happened many times in snail evolution.

The most obvious "slug groups" are the the sea slugs and the land slugs. The Sea Slug Forum - Wollongong region, south coast of New South Wales