Disembodied Lettuce sea slug head.

[PaulB]

I found my lettuce sea slug in pieces in my refugium today. I saw him
crawling on the power head that feeds it yesterday, but I didn't think
he would get sucked in through the small slots in it's cover.

The odd thing is that his head still seems to be alive. even though it
is only about 20% of the whole creature, it crawls around and seems to
act as though nothing happened.

Is it likely to recover and grow a new body?

[PaulB]

Hmm, maybe it lives on internal reserves and then dies if it can't
regenerate it's internal organs before it runs out.


Bill wrote:
> After a week only the head on mine was walking about, then it just
> dissapeared.
>
> "PaulB" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I found my lettuce sea slug in pieces in my refugium today. I saw him
>>crawling on the power head that feeds it yesterday, but I didn't think
>>he would get sucked in through the small slots in it's cover.
>>
>>The odd thing is that his head still seems to be alive. even though it
>>is only about 20% of the whole creature, it crawls around and seems to
>>act as though nothing happened.
>>
>>Is it likely to recover and grow a new body?
>>
>>
>
>
>

[Bill]

Makes sense, but I wonder how common bodyless slugs are. Are they know for
this?

"PaulB" > wrote in message
om...
> Hmm, maybe it lives on internal reserves and then dies if it can't
> regenerate it's internal organs before it runs out.
>
>
> Bill wrote:
> > After a week only the head on mine was walking about, then it just
> > dissapeared.
> >
> > "PaulB" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >>I found my lettuce sea slug in pieces in my refugium today. I saw him
> >>crawling on the power head that feeds it yesterday, but I didn't think
> >>he would get sucked in through the small slots in it's cover.
> >>
> >>The odd thing is that his head still seems to be alive. even though it
> >>is only about 20% of the whole creature, it crawls around and seems to
> >>act as though nothing happened.
> >>
> >>Is it likely to recover and grow a new body?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

[PaulB]

They are supposed to recover from major damage, but I am surprised it
lived through this.


Bill wrote:
> Makes sense, but I wonder how common bodyless slugs are. Are they know for
> this?
>
> "PaulB" > wrote in message
> om...
>
>>Hmm, maybe it lives on internal reserves and then dies if it can't
>>regenerate it's internal organs before it runs out.
>>
>>
>>Bill wrote:
>>
>>>After a week only the head on mine was walking about, then it just
>>>dissapeared.
>>>
>>>"PaulB" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>
>>>>I found my lettuce sea slug in pieces in my refugium today. I saw him
>>>>crawling on the power head that feeds it yesterday, but I didn't think
>>>>he would get sucked in through the small slots in it's cover.
>>>>
>>>>The odd thing is that his head still seems to be alive. even though it
>>>>is only about 20% of the whole creature, it crawls around and seems to
>>>>act as though nothing happened.
>>>>
>>>>Is it likely to recover and grow a new body?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>