Peronia peronii (Cuvier, 1804)
~120mm

These large, oval, bumpy slugs emerge from hiding after dark at low tide to crawl and graze on the surface of damp but exposed-to-air rocks in the intertidal along the shore. At Kwaj, a good place to see them is on the rocks on the beach side of the old "bomb crater" quarry or on or around the concrete anti-tank blocks on the reef next to the commander's house. These were initially reported in the Marshall Islands from Bikini, Enewetak and Arno Atolls by Marcus (1965).

Created 13 June 2019

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