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Copyright: Karel Struna (Karl312)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-04-23 |
| Categories: Molluscs |
| Camera: Canon Powershot A510 |
| Exposure: f/2.6, 1/160 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-04-26 12:51 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758): Chocolate Arion
Description: A large slug (extended length to about 180 mm); brown, reddish-brown, greenish brown or black; also yellow or orange; juveniles show a broader range of colour than adults; lateral band usually absent in adults but present in juveniles; no external shell; mantle with a granular surface; pneumostome in front of the mid-point of the mantle; tubercles on the back large, coarse and elongate; keel absent; foot fringe red, orange, yellow or black; sole of foot whitish or greyish white, all black or with broad black bands on either side of a light central area; caudal mucus pore present, located just above the tip of the tail; mucous colourless.
When contracted, the animal is bell-shaped in cross-section and has a tendency to rock side to side when disturbed.
Location: Spindleruv Mlyn, Krkonose mountains |
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