General Description
Body oval shape and dark green to yellow-brown, sometimes with markings of spots or lines. Covered in low, rounded wart lumps. Up to 3 cm long.
Biology
The Ocean Beach Slug is an air-breather (pulmonate). It emerges at night to feed and often lives near colonies of tube worms or algae.
Distribution
New Zealand and south-eastern Australia.
Habitat
Intertidal rocky reef and in crevices.
More Information
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Animal Type
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Animal SubType
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Brief Id
Green-brown, oval shape, warty lumps on body.
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Colours
Green, Brown
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Habitats
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Diet
Omnivore
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Diet Categories
Seaweed
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Endemicity
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Commercial
No
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Conservation Statuses
CITES: Not listed, FFG Threatened List: Not listed, DSE Advisory List: Not listed, IUCN Red List: Not listed
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Depths
Shore (0-1 m), Shallow (1-30 m)
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Water Column Locations
On or near seafloor
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Taxon Name
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Scientific Author
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
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Common Name
Ocean Beach Slug
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Genus
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Species Name
patelloides
