Name: Aeolidia Papillosa Aka: Shaggy mouse slug My personal name: Hair extension slug Location: Atlantic coast of Europe and North America, the Pacific coast of North America, west and east coasts of South America Size: 2-12 cm (depending on the location) Diet: Sea anemomies!! Not the tentacles, just the stalk (Poor Nemo is gonna lose his home anyway) No escape: It has been observed that sea anemones try to escape being eaten, so to avoid losing their food, A. papillosa will use its oral tentacles to grab onto the anemone and hold it in place! Popular babies: A. papillosa is actually a really popular species, and has been studied extensively by many researchers Eggs: Unlike most sea slugs, which lay an egg ribbon, A. papillosa lays an egg mass (lazy babies, can't even lay properly aesthetic eggs [heh, eggsthetic]). The egg mass holds possibly millions of eggs, with what is assumed to be 19-20 eggs in each tube thing (since the egg masses kinda look like white sausages squished together). Laying the eggs, since there's so many, takes quite a bit of time, usually 16-18 hours of egg laying! Color: Colors vary, ranging from white to a dark brown color. The color of the slug depends on which type of anemone it eats. Also, although typically covered in adults, all A. papillosa have a white V on their heads (perhaps they are cheering on a favorite sports team?). Their coloring also is a way A. papillosa camouflages itself Vicious: Don't let their tiny size fool you, A. papillosa's radula (mouth) has 23 rows of pectinate teeth!
