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Updated 1/1/2013

Family Plakobranchidae

HAWAII

Plakobranchus ocellatus

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 4 feet

 

Makai Pier, Waimanalo, Oahu, 8 feet

 

Kahala, Oahu, 4 feet

 

Makai Pier, Waimanalo, Oahu, 8 feet

Midway Harbor, 10 feet

 

RINGED SAP-SUCKING SLUG

Abundant on silty sand in bays and harbors.  Attains 2 inches.  A photosynthetic slug that stores chloroplasts visible when mantle is pulled back.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.