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Description
Odontoglaja is a genus of small sea slugs in the family Aglajidae (headshield slugs, Cephalaspidea) and is accepted in WoRMS. O. guamensis is small (about 8 to 11.5 mm) and lives in shallow water, for example boat channels and bays, across the western Pacific and Indian Ocean including the Red Sea. It preys on mobile animals including polychaete worms and other opisthobranchs. Wikipedia lists two species, O. guamensis and O. mosaica.
Identification
The body is elongate and covered in low pustules, with a posterior shield bearing a tail-like extension, cream to pale green with dark-brown patches and pink-centred pustules forming a target pattern. Unlike most aglajids, the genus retains a working radula and a small gizzard.
Species in this genus (1)
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