Pleurobranchaea maculata, or the grey side-gilled slug, is a species of sea slug, specifically a side-gill slug or notaspidean. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchaeidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Grey Side-gilled Sea Slug being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pleurobranchaea bubala
- Pleurobranchaea californica
- Pleurobranchaea meckeli
- Pleurobranchus membranaceus
- Haminoea navicula
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Pleurobranchida
- Family
- Pleurobranchaeidae
- Genus
- Pleurobranchaea
- Species
- Pleurobranchaea maculata
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