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Bathydevius (Greek for "deep-living deviation") is a monotypic genus of unusual, highly distinctive nudibranch native to deep waters of the North Pacific Ocean.It contains a single species, B. caudactylus ("finger tail"), and is the only known member of the monotypic family Bathydeviidae.
The alabaster nudibranch, white-lined Dirona, or frosted sea slug (Dirona albolineata) is an Eastern Pacific Ocean opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Dironidae. [ 1 ] Distribution
Two very elegant species of Sea-slug, viz., Eolis punctata [i.e. Facelina annulicornis], and Tritonia arborescens [i.e. Dendronotus frondosus], certainly produce audible sounds. Professor Grant, who first observed the interesting fact in some specimens of the latter, which he was keeping in an aquarium, says of the sounds that 'they resemble ...
Clione antarctica is an important component of polar ecosystems.It preys upon Limacina antarctica [1] It is itself eaten by the medusa Diplulmaris antarctica. [4] C. antarctica has a large lipid storage capacity: up to 5% of its wet mass. [5]
Acanthodoris lutea, the orange-peel doris, is a species of nudibranch or sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidorididae. [2] This species is the largest of the northeastern Pacific onchidorids. [3] It is a common species, and it is very noticeable because of its bright coloration, which is aposematic.
Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. [2]Species in this family belong to the cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs, i.e. they are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket (cryptobranch = hidden gills).
Tenellia adspersa, common name the miniature aeolis, is a species of very small sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae. It is the type species of the genus Tenellia. In Britain this solitary species is referred to as the lagoon sea slug. [2]
Camachoaglaja mariagordae is a species of sea slug or headshield slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aglajidae. [ 1 ] It is chiefly found in the Bahamas.