Chelidonura varians
©Barbara Banks: A pair of Chelidonura varians laying egg masses. Fifteen individuals were seen in a small area on this day (16 Sep 2014).
©Tobias Gerlach: Chelidonura varians at Lizard Island
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Family
Aglajidae
Genus
Chelidonura
Species
Chelidonura varians
Colours
Distinguishing features
Black with a bright blue line on head as well as on body margin; long twin tapering "tails" of unequal length. (Humann and Deloach, 2010)
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Philinopsis speciosa
Has tails of equal length and the rear portion of the head shield is often held upright.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Humann, P. and N. Deloach (2010). Reef Creature Identification: Tropical Pacific New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
Other references
- Anthes, N. (2006). Mating conflicts and their evolution in simultaneously hermaphroditic sea slugs, Ph.D. thesis, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Germany. LIRS catalog number 976.
- Anthes, N. and N.K. Michiels (2007). Reproductive morphology, mating behaviour, and spawning ecology of cephalaspid sea slugs (Aglajdae and Gastropteridae), Invertebrate Biology, 126: 335-365. LIRS catalog number 1117.
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