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Ceratophyllidia papilligera, the black-spotted nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Phyllidiidae. [2]
The black-dot nudibranch grows to 20 mm in total length. It is a slender-bodied aeolid with a red head bearing perfoliate rhinophores and a pair of pale-tipped oral tentacles. It has brick-red cerata with white tips which have a black spot just below the white tip. [2]
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 .
The black nudibranch (Tambja capensis) is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. [1]
Chromodoris orientalis is translucent white with oval black spots on the mantle. The edge of the mantle has a narrow orange border and the rhinophore clubs and outer gill surfaces are orange. [ 3 ] The rhinophores are scent and taste receptors that protrude on the front of the sea slug, the gills protrude on the opposite end from the rhinophores.
The underwater research robot has spotted it in waters off the Pacific Coast of North America, ranging from Oregon to Southern California. ... “For this nudibranch and some other deep-sea ...
All nudibranchs are simultaneous hermaphrodites, with each individual possessing both male and female reproductive structures. During mating, two individuals compete for the position of male by darting their penises at one another until the victor penetrates the body wall of the other and impregnating them, forcing them to act as the female, an ...
But upon closer look, they’re not the pretty red-and-black-spotted insects we’re used to seeing on our summer picnic blankets. These bugs have a brownish-green color, but they’re spherical ...