Limax maximus (leopard slug) - CABI.org.
What do they look like? Spotted garden slugs can attain at least 6 inches in length. They vary in color from yellowish-gray to brown with black spots on the mantle near the head and black stripes extending along the rest of the body.
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We found a Great Crested newt hiding in a tree stump, lots of Arion subfuscous, and a wonderfully large and darkly spotted Leopard slug Limax maximus. In the past, I’d thought my Green cellar slugs were Leopard slugs. Having seen both species in one day I won’t be tempted to make the same mistake again. They’re very different.
The bilateral salivary glands, ducts, and nerves of the giant garden slug Limax maximus control the secretion of saliva and its transport to the buccal mass. Each salivary nerve, which originates at the buccal ganglion, contains over 3000 axon profiles. These axons innervate the musculature of the duct and branch within the gland.
Interactions where Limax maximus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process). The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References'). Filters: Show All Hide Predators Hide Parasites Hide Parasitoids Hide Gall formers Hide Saprobes. Hide Fungi Hide Ascomycete Fungi Hide Basidiomycete Fungi Hide Fungoids.
The terrestrial mollusk Limax maximus is one such model system in which mammalian-quality learning has been documented using odors as conditioned stimuli. The Limax odor information-processing circuits incorporate several system design features also found in mammalian odor-processing circuits, such as the use of cellular and network.
The locomotor activity of the garden slug Limax maximus was examined for components of circadian rhythmicity. Behavioural (running wheel) studies clearly demonstrated that the activity satisfies the principal criteria of circadian rhythmicity. In constant darkness at a constant temperature, the locomotor activity freeran with a period of about.