AUTOTOMY
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It was noted that when slug was exposed to alcohol or Formalin for preservation, it shed off whole of its mantle skirt. Autotomy in this species has been previously reported as per following references _________________________________________________________ Mentioned at seaslug forum http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=defauto _________________________________________________________ Charles R. Stasek (1967) OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES No. 61, 44 pages, 11 figures. [D. fragilis on page 11]--- available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/occasionalpapers61cali/occasionalpapers61cali_djvu.txt
Sebadoris fragilis: Brief Summary
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Sebadoris fragilis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.
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