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Swallowtail Headshield Slug
Chelidonura hirundinina
Chelidonura hirundinina is a species of small and colorful aglajid sea slug, a shell-less opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae.
The former variety Chelidonura hirundinina var. punctata was elevated to the species Chelidonura punctata.
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Description
This species has a maximum size of 40 mm (1.6 in), but is often smaller than that. The background color can be red, orange, dark brown, or black. There are blue, black, and orange stripes on the body, and there is a white marking towards the posterior end of the animal. The two rather long "tails" at the end of the animal are characteristic of the genus Chelidonura. They have also well-developed sensory cilia on the anterior edge of the head which are used to find the prey. The specific epithet hirundinina is Latin, meaning "little swallow", in reference to this swallow-tailed appearance.
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 63087.