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Newly discovered native slug

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Newly discovered native slug

This large native slug, from Ōmahuta Forest in Northland, appears to be a newly discovered species from the genus Athoracophorus. It has not yet been described.

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Soil Bugs – An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Soil Invertebrates

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by Alastair Robertson and Maria Minor

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Paddy Ryan, Snails and slugs – Flax snails, giant snails and veined slugs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12862/newly-discovered-native-slug (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paddy Ryan, published 1 March 2009.