Puget Sound slug - Aglaja diomedea?

June 21, 2003
From: Eric Parker

Looking for information on Aglaja diomedea to confirm an ID. Found in Puget Sound on fairly desolate fine sandy bottom offshore of eelgrass margin. Very small, black, no visible shell but not ruling it out. Could this be Aglaja diomedea?
Eric Parker

researchsupport@earthlink.net

Dear Eric,
A photo is always a help, but black slugs are difficult to photograph. Have a look at the page on Melanochlamys cylindrica, which is a very similar looking species from New Zealand. Note that this species is placed in the genus Melanochlamys,not Aglaja, and most probably feeds on polychaete worms
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jun 21). Comment on Puget Sound slug - Aglaja diomedea? by Eric Parker. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10251

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