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Leathery Sea Slug
Species

Leathery Sea Slug

Onchidella nigricans, (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

marine

About Leathery Sea Slug

Onchidella nigricans is a species of small, air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidiidae.

Habitat

This species occurs in New Zealand, as well as on the coast of south-eastern Australia, where it is common.

Diet

O. nigricans is a general herbivore feeding on algae. It also consumes zooplankton.

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