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Chelidonura amoena
"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...
Coral and reefs, sand and rubble. Indo-Pacific.
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
Spotted on Nov 4, 2012
Submitted on Feb 23, 2013
27 Comments (1–25)
thanks Nuwan :-)
Awesome series, Congratulations Eric!!
Thanks Carol Snow, Maria and Fyn :-)
Awesome spotting, congratulations!
Congratulations on your SOTD!
Congratulations on SOTD. This is so lovely and unique. In photo #1, it looks like an underwater sea flower. Gorgeous!
Thank you too Donna and Jakubko :-)
Thanks kittuandme. It is a sea slug actually :-)
Fantastic find, and Congratulations on Spotting of the Day!
Beautiful series.
Thats a strange bug!, Congrats Eric!
Thank you too Argy Bee :-)
Thanks Leuba :-)
Ethereal ! Congratulations, Eric !! ...just beautiful
Appreciate all the likes and comments. Thank you Reza, Tom, EnvUnlimited, Antonio, Jolly and Yuko :-)
Well deserved Eric. Super critter and pics !!
Wow thanks Karen. Didn't expect this. Cheers!
Beautiful sea slug! Congratulations!
Awesome series. Congratulations Eric
great capture Eric,congrats on the SOTD,thanks for sharing such a beautiful and interesting spotting page
Great series Eric and congratulations on SOTD!
Fantastic spotting Eric, Congratulations on SotD !
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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Thank you too Rieko for the like :-)
Thanks Ron! :-)