Nakamigawaia nakanoae
©Anne Hoggett: Nakamigawaia spiralis about 2 cm long in the middle of the Lizard Island lagoon entrance.
©Anne Hoggett: Nakamigawaia spiralis about 2 cm long in the middle of the Lizard Island lagoon entrance. These slugs move quite quickly and they exude a brown/orange liquid when disturbed as shown here.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Cephalaspidea
Family
Aglajidae
Genus
Nakamigawaia
Species
Nakamigawaia nakanoae
Colours
Distinguishing features
A small black slug that moves quickly over sand and can exude a brown/orange liquid when disturbed. Known as Nakamigawaia spiralis until new species was recognised by Hellem and Malaquias (2021) based in part on material from Lizard Island.
Size
- Up to 2 cm (length of observed specimens at Lizard Island)
Synonyms
Distribution
Web resources
References
- Cruz-Rivera, E. (2011). Evidence for chemical defence in the cephalaspidean Nakamigawaia spiralis Kuroda & Habe, 1961, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77(1): 95-97.
- Hellem, E. and M.A.E. Malaquias (2021). The taxonomic status of the headshield slug genus Nakamigawaia Kuroda and Habe, 1961 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Aglajidae), with the description of a new species from the Western Pacific. Journal of Natural History, 55(35-36): 2231-2234. LIRS catalog number 10115.