Onchidium griseum
| Onchidium griseum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Systellommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Onchidioidea |
| Family: | Onchidiidae |
| Genus: | Onchidium |
| Species: | O. griseum |
| Binomial name | |
| Onchidium griseum (Plate, 1893) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Oncidium griseum Plate, 1893 | |
Onchidium griseum is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.[1]
Types of Onchidium griseum
The orange-footed mangrove onch slug, is a type of Onchidium griseum usually found on mangrove tree trunks or on the shore. They have a body length of 4-5cm which is greyish,brown. Ridges and small bumps run down the center of the slug's body, and the underside of the orange-footed mangrove onch slug is yellow or orange. Lastly, the feet of these creatures, as the name suggests, are orange with ridges that run horizontally and the eyes are on long thin stalks like the common slug. [2]
References
- 1 2 Onchidium griseum (Plate, 1893). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 March 2010.
- ↑ Orange-footed mangrove onch slug . (n.d.). In Wild Fact Sheets. Retrieved 13 September 2014, from http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/mollusca/slugs/onchidiidae/griseum.htm
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