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======Banana Slug Biology====== | ======Banana Slug Biology====== | ||
+ | ===== Presentation of John Pearse and Jan Leonard ===== | ||
+ | Presented to the BME235 Slug Genome class on April 23, 2010, this website [[http://compbio.soe.ucsc.edu/slugGenome/|http://compbio.soe.ucsc.edu/slugGenome/]] contains a pdf "All About Banana Slugs". | ||
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=====Taxonomy===== | =====Taxonomy===== | ||
The term "banana slug" refers to any member of the genus //Ariolimax//, of which there are three species. They are part of the mollusc superfamily Arionoidea, which contains most terrestrial air-breathing slugs. Within //Ariolimax//, there are three species: //A. columbianus//, //A. californicus//, and //A. dolichophallus//, which is the UC Santa Cruz mascot. | The term "banana slug" refers to any member of the genus //Ariolimax//, of which there are three species. They are part of the mollusc superfamily Arionoidea, which contains most terrestrial air-breathing slugs. Within //Ariolimax//, there are three species: //A. columbianus//, //A. californicus//, and //A. dolichophallus//, which is the UC Santa Cruz mascot. |