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Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs. [4] It is among the largest keeled slugs, Limax cinereoniger being the largest. Limax maximus is the type species of the genus Limax. The adult slug measures 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 ...
Limax valentianus Férussac, 1822 is a synonym for Ambigolimax valentianus (Férussac, 1822) Limax nyctelius Bourguignat, 1861 is now placed in the genus Letourneuxia but the name has been used for Lehmannia carpatica (Bourguignat, 1861) and Ambigolimax waterstoni Hutchinson, Reise & Schlitt, 2022 [ 7 ]
Limax Linnaeus, 1758 [5] - type genus of the family Limacidae; Limacus Lehmann, 1864; sometimes considered a subgenus of Limax; Bielzia Clessin, 1887 - with the only species Bielzia coerulans M. Bielz, 1851. Some authors, for example Russian malacologists, [5] classify genus Bielzia within separate family Limacopsidae. [5] Caspilimax P. Hesse ...
The slug mite, Riccardoella limacum, is known to parasitize several dozen species of mollusks, including many slugs, such as Agriolimax agrestis, Arianta arbustrum, Arion ater, Arion hortensis, Limax maximus, Milax budapestensis, Milax gagates, and Milax sowerbyi. Any use of beneficial organisms presents risks of new invaders or of disrupting ...
An extraordinary example of external sperm transfer is given by the great grey slug (Limax maximus). A pair of slugs climb a tree or wall to an overhang and suspend together head down from a 10–25 cm long mucus strand before everting their penises and exchanging sperm in mid air. [26] Evolutionary explanations for this behaviour are unclear.
Entwined everted penises of a pair of mating hermaphrodite slugs in the species Limax maximus. The reproductive system of gastropods (slugs and snails) varies greatly from one group to another within this very large and diverse taxonomic class of animals. Their reproductive strategies also vary greatly.
Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a nematode (roundworm) parasite that causes angiostrongyliasis, an infection that is the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Basin. [3]
The black slug was named Limax ater in 1758. Limax (terrestrial slugs) Limax ater – Arion ater, the Black Slug; Limax rufus – Arion rufus, the Red Slug; Limax maximus – the Leopard Slug; Limax agrestis – now Deroceras agreste; Limax flavus – now Limacus flavus, the Yellow Slug; Doris (dorid nudibranchs) Doris verrucosa – warty dorid ...