Husbandry
Sea slugs genus Polybranchia ave leaf-like cerata, which contains fine branching of the digestive gland ducts in the cerata.
Polybranchia orientalis produce a distasteful milky secretions on the skin and the from glands along the edge of the cerata.
When disturbed this sea slug are able to cast off their cerata.New cerata are regrown in a few days.
The background can be a variation in colour from brown to green,sometimes red ,related to its algae food and the light.
Synonyms:
Phyllobranchillus orientalis
Phyllobranchus orientalis
Proctonotus orientalis
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Sacoglossa (Order) > Plakobranchacea (Suborder) > Limapontioidea (Superfamily) > Caliphyllidae (Family) > Polybranchia (Genus) > Polybranchia orientalis (Species)