Eleutherocaulis alte (English name)

Japanese: アシヒダナメクジ(英語表記)Eleutherocaulis alte
Eleutherocaulis alte (English name)
Mollusca, Gastropoda, Aphaeoidea. Body length 5cm. Black, oblong body with weak dorsal swelling and a thin yellowish brown vertical stripe along the dorsal line. The whole body is wet with mucus and covered with fine granules. The underside has large, flat feet separated from the mantle by a deep groove. The head has two short antennae with eyes at the tips. No shell. Widely distributed from East Africa to the tropical regions of the Pacific Islands, it lives under fallen leaves in the forests of Okinawa and the Amami Islands. Nocturnal. It is an intermediate host for Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

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Japanese:
軟体動物門腹足綱アシヒダナメクジ科。体長 5cm。体は黒色,長楕円形で背面のふくらみは弱く,背中線に黄褐色の細い縦帯がある。全身が粘液で濡れ,微細な顆粒が全面にある。下面には平たく大きい足があり,外套とは深い溝で区切られている。頭には2本の短い触角があり,その先端に眼がある。殻はない。東アフリカから太平洋諸島の熱帯域に広く分布し,沖縄,奄美群島でも樹林の落葉の下にすむ。夜行性。広東住血線虫の中間宿主となる。

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