Ornate
onch slug
awaiting
identification*
Family Onchidiidae
updated
Jun 2020
Where
seen? This small oval slug with an ornate texture is sometimes
seen in mangroves in the North.
Features: 3-5cm. Body hard, oval,
rounded. Skin with regular pattern of bumps with blunt spikes on them,
resulting in a very ornate texture! Colour plain, beige or greyish.
Eyes on long thin stalks. Underside and narrow foot are pale to lemon
yellow. |
Kranji Nature
Trail, Jan 09
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Eyes on stalks.
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Underside
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Pulau Semakau, Feb 09
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*Species are difficult to positively identify
without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of
display.
Ornate
onch slugs on Singapore shores |
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