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Lovely Headshield Slug

Chelidonura amoena

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-amoe...

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

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27 Comments (1–25)

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

thanks Nuwan :-)

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

Awesome series, Congratulations Eric!!

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Carol Snow, Maria and Fyn :-)

Fyn  Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago

Awesome spotting, congratulations!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Congratulations on your SOTD!

Carol Snow Milne 2
Carol Snow Milne 2 11 years ago

Congratulations on SOTD. This is so lovely and unique. In photo #1, it looks like an underwater sea flower. Gorgeous!

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thank you too Donna and Jakubko :-)

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks kittuandme. It is a sea slug actually :-)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Fantastic find, and Congratulations on Spotting of the Day!

DonnaBollenbach
DonnaBollenbach 11 years ago

Beautiful series.

kittuandme
kittuandme 11 years ago

Thats a strange bug!, Congrats Eric!

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thank you too Argy Bee :-)

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Leuba :-)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

Ethereal ! Congratulations, Eric !! ...just beautiful

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Appreciate all the likes and comments. Thank you Reza, Tom, EnvUnlimited, Antonio, Jolly and Yuko :-)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Well deserved Eric. Super critter and pics !!

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Wow thanks Karen. Didn't expect this. Cheers!

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Beautiful sea slug! Congratulations!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Awesome series. Congratulations Eric

great capture Eric,congrats on the SOTD,thanks for sharing such a beautiful and interesting spotting page

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

Great series Eric and congratulations on SOTD!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 11 years ago

Fantastic spotting Eric, Congratulations on SotD !

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Congrats Eric, this great underwater series has been chosen spotting of the day!

The sea slug is herbivorous, feeding on plankton and decaying matter on the ocean floor, and grazing on the rocks and coral reefs for algae.

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Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thank you too Rieko for the like :-)

Eric Noora
Eric Noora 11 years ago

Thanks Ron! :-)

Eric Noora
Spotted by
Eric Noora

Batangas, Philippines

Spotted on Nov 4, 2012
Submitted on Feb 23, 2013

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