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⚫ {{Short description|Predatory slug endemic to KZN, South Africa}}
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| name = Hexagonal hunterslug
| image = Hexagonal hunterslug (Chlamydephorus sexangulus), in Uthungulu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 3.jpg | image = Hexagonal hunterslug (Chlamydephorus sexangulus), in Uthungulu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 3.jpg
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| taxon = Chlamydephorus sexangulus | genus = Chlamydephorus
| species = sexangulus
| authority = (H.Watson, 1915) | authority = (H.Watson, 1915)
| synonyms = Apera sexangula | synonyms = ''Apera sexangula''
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'''''Chlamydephorus sexangulus''''', also known as the '''hexagonal hunterslug''', is a species of predatory slug in the family ] endemic to the ]<nowiki/>s in South Africa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Herbert |first=D. G. |date=1997-11-01 |title=The terrestrial slugs of KwaZulu-Natal: diversity, biogeography and conservation (Mollusca: Pulmonata) |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_174 |journal=Annals of the Natal Museum |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=197–239 |doi=10.10520/AJA03040798_174}}</ref> '''''Chlamydephorus sexangulus''''', also known as the '''hexagonal hunterslug''', is a species of predatory slug in the family ] endemic to the ]<nowiki/>s in South Africa.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Herbert |first=D. G. |date=1997-11-01 |title=The terrestrial slugs of KwaZulu-Natal: diversity, biogeography and conservation (Mollusca: Pulmonata) |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_174 |journal=Annals of the Natal Museum |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=197–239 |doi=10.10520/AJA03040798_174}}</ref>


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Predatory slug endemic to KZN, South Africa

Chlamydephorus sexangulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Rhytididae
Genus: Chlamydephorus
Species: C. sexangulus
Binomial name
Chlamydephorus sexangulus
(H.Watson, 1915)
Synonyms

Apera sexangula

Chlamydephorus sexangulus, also known as the hexagonal hunterslug, is a species of predatory slug in the family Rhytididae endemic to the KwaZulu-Natal coastal lowland forests in South Africa.

Habitat and range

Chlamydephorus sexangulus has been found under leaf litter and under large stone in coastal Podocarpus forests in KZN; it has also been found in thornveld.

Ecology

Chlamydephorus sexangulus is known to predate on species of Sphaerotherium such as Sphaerotherium giganteum.

References

  1. ^ Herbert, D. G. (1997-11-01). "The terrestrial slugs of KwaZulu-Natal: diversity, biogeography and conservation (Mollusca: Pulmonata)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 38 (1): 197–239. doi:10.10520/AJA03040798_174.
  2. Herbert, D. G. (2000-05-01). "Dining on diplopods: remarkable feeding behaviour in chlamydephorid slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Journal of Zoology. 251 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb00586.x. ISSN 0952-8369.
Taxon identifiers
Chlamydephorus sexangulus
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