The newly identified species belongs to the genus Phallocryptus of which only four species were previously known from different arid and semiarid regions
Named Olea hensoni, the slug belongs to the sacoglossans, a group of more than 300 species that are such enthusiastic eaters of plants that many of them turn green
New to science: Plants, animals, and microbes that have "found a way to survive against the odds"
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