Variable Neon Slug

Variable Neon Slug

Nembrotha kubaryana
Scale 5 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
Mollusca, Gastropoda, Animalia

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Play: This slug has a MOVE of 1 and can only feed off of SPECIES cards with class ASCIDIACEA.
Fact: This slug can store, in its tissues, the toxins from the ascidians it eats and then can release them in a slimy defensive mucus when alarmed.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
Photo by Nick Hobgoodcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nembrotha_kubaryana_(Nudibranch).jpg
Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. [3] This animal can reach a total length of more than 120 mm. It is a large dark-bodied nudibranch which may have green stripes running down the length […] read more
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Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. [3]

This animal can reach a total length of more than 120 mm. It is a large dark-bodied nudibranch which may have green stripes running down the length of the body or have green raised spots. The margin of the foot and head is a vivid red-orange. The rhinophores and gills may be red or green. Nembrotha kubaryana is easily confused with a similar species, Nembrotha cristata although the latter has no red orange border on its foot.

(From Wikipedia, June 2015)