New Zealand Seashore

DSC_0859 Black head-shield slug (Melanochlamys cylindrica) dorsal and ventral view of the internal vestigial shell of this slug-like animal. The lobes of the foot curve over the back, so that the body looks like a hollow cylinder. Found on algal turf on rock platforms, where it hunts for polychaete worms. Wellers Rock, Otago Harbour *

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DSC_0859 Black head-shield slug (Melanochlamys cylindrica) dorsal and ventral view of the internal vestigial shell of this slug-like animal. The lobes of the foot curve over the back, so that the body looks like a hollow cylinder. Found on algal turf on rock platforms, where it hunts for polychaete worms. Wellers Rock, Otago Harbour *

DSC 0859 headshield slug Melanochlamys cylindrica velvet black sea snail internal vestigial shell Wellers Rock Otago Harbour