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Belocaulus angustipes, the black-velvet leatherleaf slug, is a species of land slug in the family Veronicellidae native to South American tropical regions. [1]
Peripatopsis aereus is a species of velvet worm in the family Peripatopsidae. [1] This species is known only from the Riviersonderend Mountains in South Africa.This velvet worm was discovered living in sympatry with another species in the same genus, P. lawrencei.
Aplysia vaccaria, also known as the black sea hare and California black sea hare, is a species of extremely large sea slug, a marine, opisthobranch, gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae. [1] It is the largest sea slug species.
Navanax inermis, common name the California aglaja, is a large species of predatory sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae. Navanax is not a nudibranch, even though it somewhat resembles one; it belongs to a more ancient lineage of opisthobranchs called the cephalaspideans or head shield slugs and snails.
Peripatopsis is a genus of velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] [2] These velvet worms are found in the KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. [3] This genus was proposed by the British zoologist Reginald I. Pocock in 1894 with Peripatopsis capensis designated as the type species. [4]
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it is a new species of sea slug. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute posted video online of the new sea slug floating gently in the depths.
Ambigolimax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs. [2]There is still ongoing disagreement whether it is more appropriate to consider Ambigolimax as merely a subgenus of Lehmannia; the evidence for splitting them is phylogenetic trees constructed on the basis of DNA sequences.
Peripatopsis moseleyi is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. [1] Males of this species (as traditionally defined) have 20 to 24 pairs of legs with claws (plus one pair without claws); [2] females have 19 to 23 pairs of legs with claws (plus one pair without claws). [3]