Sea+Slug-+Flabellina+Funeka

Sea Slugs are harvested for food and used for medicine by humans
 * Common Name:** Sea Slug
 * Scientific Name:** //Flabellina funeka//
 * //Class://** Holothuroidea
 * Location:** The Indian Ocean side of Cape Province, South Africa. from Cape Point to Port Elizabeth
 * Size:** .6cm to 30cm[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTvf9fX6NltjtFqkngu-s5K5-levxl1HzaRwotg1drP2JTCdWMw&t=1 width="296" height="202" align="right"]]
 * Description of Habitat:** Found on coral reefs and rocks on the ocean floor deep or shallow.
 * Living Requirements:**Feeds on plankton, algae form rocks and coral reefs, and decaying matter on the ocean floor. must live in salt water with a PH or 7.4 to 8.5.
 * Life Cycle of Animal:**The life cycle of the slug lasts about 10 months. The adults lay eggs in the spring of each year, and all of the adults die afterwards. A week or so after the egg deposition the larvae hatch. These larvae spend a few weeks in the plankton. During the next 24 h, the larva metamorphoses into a juvenile slug while still attached to the algal filament. The juvenile slug immediately begins eating the algal filaments and taking on its first load of chloroplasts. During the next several months, the slugs continue to eat Vaucheria and grow, until winter temperatures cause them to become inactive. As the salt marshes warm in the spring, the slugs become active again, begin laying egg masses, and then die
 * Male and Female Differences:** Hermaphadites
 * Interesting Facts:**
 * 1.** Sea Slugs are used for traditional medicines in the far east
 * 2.** Vaucheria is the only type or algae that sea slugs eat
 * Endangered or Threatened?** Not endangered or threatened at this time
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 * Zookeeped: Jessica Tolliver **