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weed. It is singular among Sea-slugs in having its 

 stomach fitted with plates of chitin to break down its 

 food. In this species the liver branches out into the 

 cerata, an arrangement that permits of more room 

 for the stomach, and, as we shall see in some other 

 species, helps to protect the slug by shoAving the colour 

 of the food taken. 



Bushy-backed Slug (enlarged) 



The Bushy-backed Slug {Dendronotiis frondostts) 

 is obviously adapted for a life among seaweeds and 

 corallines. The cerata, which form a single series 

 along each side of the back, are branched and toothed 

 in a fashion that makes them to closely resemble some 

 of the small red-brown seaweeds {CallithainniumX 



