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The species is able to feed on the Portuguese man o' war due to its immunity to the venomous nematocysts. The slug consumes chunks of the organism and appears to select and store the most venomous nematocysts for its own use against future prey. [23] The nematocysts are collected in specialized sacs at the tip of the animal's cerata.
The greatest diversity of nudibranchs is seen in warm, shallow reefs, although one nudibranch species was discovered at a depth near 2,500 m (8,200 ft). [10] This nudibranch, described in 2024 as Bathydevius, is the only known nudibranch with a bathypelagic lifestyle and is one of the very few to be bioluminescent. [11] [12]
Glaucus is a genus of small blue pelagic sea slugs.They are aeolid nudibranchs, [1] ranging in size from 20 to 40 mm (0.79 to 1.57 in). [2] They feed on colonial cnidarians such as Portuguese man o' wars, blue buttons, and purple sails.
This nudibranch displays a stunning set of colors: the body is purple, the cerata are orange and the rhinophores are scarlet. The neon orange appendages on the back of Flabellinopsis iodinea are the cerata which extract oxygen from the sea water they are surrounded by and live in. The cerata are also extensions of the digestive system, and are ...
It is one of the most common aeolid nudibranchs found in Eastern Australia and can inflict a painful sting to humans. The body color of this species is translucent tan, but the cerata, which vary from dark purple to lavender to golden brown, give the nudibranch most of its distinct color. Green specimens are not uncommon.
Thecacera pacifica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It is sometimes also nicknamed the Pikachu nudibranch due to its resemblance to the Pokémon character Pikachu .
Melibe is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tethydidae. [2]Most nudibranchs are carnivores, but their prey is usually sessile or slow-moving animals such as sponges or bryozoans.
Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug or the dusky nembrotha, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. [ 3 ] Synonymy