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Banana Slug

Spotting Image 1

Description:

Slug that lives in the California Coastal Mountain Ranges. I took this picture in Humbolt County Ca, but have seen them in other areas of the California coast.

Habitat:

Coastal Mountain Ranges

Notes:

This is the official mascot of University of California Santa Cruz.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Joe Goodman
Joe Goodman 12 years ago
California Banana Slug
arilolimax califonicus J.G. Cooper 1872 Banana slug


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4 Comments

Noah Ranger
Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

I've moved this spotting from the Arthropods category to the Other category for you. An arthropod is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and jointed appendages. (Wikipedia)

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alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Welcome to project noah.

Sulabh Bista
Sulabh Bista 12 years ago

Good info on the website indeed; a suggested reading.

Joe Goodman
Joe Goodman 12 years ago

http://bio.research.ucsc.edu/grad/weaver...
This website has some cool info on this creature. I found it thru googling banana slug.

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Joe Goodman
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Joe Goodman

Arcata, California, USA

Spotted on May 23, 2009
Submitted on Apr 23, 2011

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