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04-01-2002, 03:52 AM
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Lime green slug/snail??? Help ID please
Saw this in my refugium tonight just before going to bed. It looks like a lime green slug, I couldn't tell for sure if it had a shell or not, if it does it is the same color as the slug. hope it's harmless as I watched it crawl into the overflow pipe and get washed into the main tank. I'll post a few pics.
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04-01-2002, 03:53 AM
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04-01-2002, 03:54 AM
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It looks really neat, I've never seen a slug or snail of this color before, really vibrant green.
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04-01-2002, 04:05 AM
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 , that's cool! no idea what it is though. Does it flouresce?
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04-01-2002, 09:45 AM
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I'd probably e-mail Bill Rudman with those pics, over at
www.seaslugforum.net
Then share the verdict with us here 
Looks Aplysiid, but then, I've never seen something like that before.
hth,
horgey porgey
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04-01-2002, 12:10 PM
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Thankls for the link Horge, I'll try and email the pics this afternoon at break. I'll post the answer when/if I get it. I've never even seen a pic of a slug(??) like this before.
Chris I don't believe so, I watch the main tank after in went into the overflow and never saw it come out, the lights were off in the main tank.
I keep the refugium on 24/7 for now, but I'm planning on putting a timer on it to cycle it off for a few hours during the day. possibly 8 on, 4 off, 8 on and 4 off...
Last edited by cyberchef; 04-01-2002 at 12:14 PM.
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04-02-2002, 02:31 AM
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Well I emailed the Sea Slug Forum that Horge posted the link for so we'll see what/when/if they Id it. I'll post the reply, although I think I might have narrowed it down to the order "SACOGLOSSA" although I was not able to narrow it down any further. |
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04-02-2002, 10:37 AM
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Actually, I would bet that that would be a snail with an internalized or vestigial shell. The football shaped hump in the middle of the body is highly suggestive of that.
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04-02-2002, 12:32 PM
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From what I read last night some of the SACOGLOSSA slugs do have a small thin semi transparent shell. Only it's not hard enough to protect them.
Evolution, what you don't use/need will eventually disapear.
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