Sunday 26 July 2015

Creature 299: Chelidonura varians

Not quite a nudibranch,  but still cool looking.

Chelidonura varians is just another cool looking sea slug, not quite in the nudibranch group but still pretty cool.

They eat flatworms and can be used to clean out flatworm infestations in aquariums.

Distribution:
Chelidonura varians can be found in Indo-Pacific tropical waters.

Classification:
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Order: Heterobranchia
Family:Aglajidae
Genus:Chelidonura
Species: Chelidonura varians

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