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Caption
Herviella claror, South Pacific. The club-like structures extending from the dorsal surface of the slugs and are believed to be mainly for respiration, increasing the surface area of the slugs for direct diffusion of O2/CO2. The aeolids lack gills and pseudobranchs. The dorsal clubs also contain nematocysts taken from cnidarians.
Contributors
John B. Burch (photographer; copyright holder), Mollusk Division, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
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