Onchidella maculata explained

Onchidella maculata is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.

Description

A small (10mm) mottled brown hemispherical slug. Skin thick and warty, head with a pair of short brown tentacles.[1]

Distribution

Orange River mouth to Cape Agulhas.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2016. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa 4th Edition
  2. Web site: Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893) - Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
  3. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Onchidella maculata (Plate, 1893).