OuiSi Nature · Card 196
California Aglaja (Headshield Slug)
Navanax inermis
- Location
- Channel Islands, CA, USA
- Date
- April 28, 2017
Photograph byKate VyletDescription
A California Aglaja, or headshield slug, winds its way down between the spines of a red sea urchin. A hunter of other sea slugs and snails, it touches a prey's mucus trail with two sensing areas on its head, follows the trail, overtakes the prey and swallows it. It is probably the largest of its family, growing to at least 22 cm.
Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navanax_inermis
The photographer
Kate Vylet
Underwater photographer/videographer and scientific diver
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