a slug? help

kennyb · 02-26-2008, 07:49 PM

i found this little guy once almost a month ago and i couldnt get a good pic of him, and kinda forgot about it.
today i found him again, and got my husband to pick up the rock he was under so i could snap a few shots. he kinda looks like a slug, but i have no idea. i thought i would post some picks to see if anyone has seen it before
thanks kendra

**TheOldSalt** · 02-27-2008, 09:18 AM

The pic isn't very clear, or maybe the critter itself is fuzzy, but it looks like it maybe has a hard green flat shell?

It looks mostly like a seaslug, but it could also be some sort of chiton. If it has a hardshell back, then it's NOT a slug.

Felicia · 07-23-2008, 07:04 PM

Looks like a Stomatella. Awesome critters, they even reproduce in the aquarium. If that's what it is, keep it.

Does it look like this?

s13 · 07-23-2008, 07:29 PM

Looks like a mini-seahare to me. We got em at the shop.

**TheOldSalt** · 07-24-2008, 01:59 AM

I have some of these in my tank. Definitely not hares with a shell like that. I like 'em.
Hey, Brad, have you seen those hares we have here locally, the big orange, white & pink ones? I used to keep them all the time.
waitaminute.. you're on the Pensacola side, so maybe you don't have them, but it's worth a look, anyway. They aren't common, but they're hard to miss.

s13 · 07-24-2008, 12:51 PM

Just in this picture it looks more like a seahare.

Kinda like this one

TOS, the ones here look like ^. The ones you speak of sound awesome, I'd like to find some of those!

EDIT: Didn't notice the 2nd pic had blue spots on it, it is just similar to the kind we have locally and the one he posted.

**TheOldSalt** · 07-25-2008, 08:59 AM

They ARE awesome. They're big, for starters, like 6 inches, and the bright colors are unusual for hares, making you think they're just giant mutant nudibranchs until you get a really good look. They are rather "inky" though.

07-23-2008, 07:04 PM	#3
Felicia Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 61	Looks like a Stomatella. Awesome critters, they even reproduce in the aquarium. If that's what it is, keep it. Does it look like this? __________________ "Science demands something else--that we shall transmit to posterity a less perishable inheritance." Alfred Newton

07-23-2008, 07:29 PM	#4
s13 After ye booty Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pensacola, Florida Age: 20 Posts: 177	Looks like a mini-seahare to me. We got em at the shop. __________________

07-24-2008, 12:51 PM	#6
s13 After ye booty Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Pensacola, Florida Age: 20 Posts: 177	Just in this picture it looks more like a seahare. Kinda like this one TOS, the ones here look like ^. The ones you speak of sound awesome, I'd like to find some of those! EDIT: Didn't notice the 2nd pic had blue spots on it, it is just similar to the kind we have locally and the one he posted. __________________ Last edited by s13; 07-24-2008 at 12:53 PM. Reason: added edit

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02-27-2008, 09:18 AM	#2
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,343	The pic isn't very clear, or maybe the critter itself is fuzzy, but it looks like it maybe has a hard green flat shell? It looks mostly like a seaslug, but it could also be some sort of chiton. If it has a hardshell back, then it's NOT a slug.

07-24-2008, 01:59 AM	#5
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,343	I have some of these in my tank. Definitely not hares with a shell like that. I like 'em. Hey, Brad, have you seen those hares we have here locally, the big orange, white & pink ones? I used to keep them all the time. waitaminute.. you're on the Pensacola side, so maybe you don't have them, but it's worth a look, anyway. They aren't common, but they're hard to miss.

07-25-2008, 08:59 AM	#7
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,343	They ARE awesome. They're big, for starters, like 6 inches, and the bright colors are unusual for hares, making you think they're just giant mutant nudibranchs until you get a really good look. They are rather "inky" though.

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