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Updated 6/14/2024

Family Plakobranchidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Plakobranchus ocellatus

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 4 feet

 

Makai Pier, Waimanalo, Oahu, 8 feet

 

Makai Pier, Waimanalo, Oahu, 8 feet

 

Midway Harbor, 10 feet

 


Kaiona, Oahu, 4 feet


Moku o Lo'e, Kaneohe Bay, 6 feet
  
   

RINGED SAP-SUCKING SLUG

Abundant on silty sand, rubble, or algal mats in sheltered areas.  A photosynthetic slug that stores chloroplasts beneath folds of the mantle.  Attains 2 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.