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'''''Costasiella kuroshimae''''', also known as a "leaf slug"<ref>{{Cite web|title=These Cute Sea Slugs Are The Sheep Of The Sea|url=https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/these-cute-sea-slugs-are-sheep-sea/|access-date=2020-07-17|website=IFLScience|language=en}}</ref> or "leaf sheep",<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schelling|first=Ameena | name-list-format = vanc |title=Sheep Of The Sea Are Cutest Slugs We've Ever Seen|url=https://www.thedodo.com/sea-sheep-leaf-slug-1259833755.html|access-date=2020-07-17|website=The Dodo}}</ref> or "salty ocean caterpillar" is a [[species]] of [[sacoglossa]]n [[sea slug]]. ''Costasiella kuroshimae'' are shell-less [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[opisthobranch]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk|mollusks]] in the family [[Costasiellidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite web | vauthors = Bouchet P | date = 2014 | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494655 | title = ''Costasiella kuroshimae'' Ichikawa 1993 | work = World Register of Marine Species | access-date = 17 January 2015 }}</ref> They range in size from {{convert|5
Discovered in 1993 off the coast of the Japanese island Kuroshima, leaf slugs have been found in the waters near Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia. They have two dark eyes and two [[Rhinophore|rhinophores]] that emerge from the tops of their heads that look not unlike sheep's ears or insect [[Antenna (biology)|antennae]], hence the common name "leaf sheep." The rhinophores have fine hairs that sense chemicals in the water, enabling ''Costasiella kuroshima'' and other sea slugs to find food sources.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stanton|first=Kristen M.|date=October 26, 2020|title=Leaf Sheep Facts: The Ocean’s Most Adorable Sea Slugs|url=https://www.uniguide.com/leaf-sheep-facts-adorable-sea-slug/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=UniGuide}}</ref>
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