Venus Seaslug

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Okenia elegans

Venus Seaslug, a reference photo
Photo: Bernard Picton · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Okenia elegans, the yellow skirt slug, is a species of a sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. It is the type species of its genus.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Venus Seaslug 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Goniodorididae
Genus
Okenia
Species
Okenia elegans

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