Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Splendid Sapsucking Slug
Thuridilla splendens
Splendid Sapsucking Slug
Category: Sap-Sucking Slugs
Scientific Name: Thuridilla splendens
Size: Up to 2 in. (to 5 cm)
Distribution: West Pacific, Great Barrier Reef
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
└Heterobranchia (Subclass)
└Euthyneura (Infraclass)
└Sacoglossa (Superorder)
└Plakobranchidae (Family)
└Thuridilla (Genus)
└T. splendens (Species)
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