Leech Aglaja
Chelidonura hirundinina
''Chelidonura hirundinina'' is a species of small and colorful aglajid sea slug, a shell-less opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aglajidae.
The variety ''Chelidonura hirundinina'' var. ''punctata'' Eliot, 1903 has been elevated to the species ''Chelidonura punctata'' Eliot, 1903. Despite its colorful appearance, this is not a species of nudibranch; it is a cephalaspidean, a headshield slug. This is a tropical species which lives in the western Indo-Pacific, and also in the Caribbean Sea.
The variety ''Chelidonura hirundinina'' var. ''punctata'' Eliot, 1903 has been elevated to the species ''Chelidonura punctata'' Eliot, 1903. Despite its colorful appearance, this is not a species of nudibranch; it is a cephalaspidean, a headshield slug. This is a tropical species which lives in the western Indo-Pacific, and also in the Caribbean Sea.