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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 .
Sea clown triopha Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Nudibranchia Superfamily: Polyceroidea Family: Polyceridae Genus: Triopha Species: T. catalinae Binomial name Triopha catalinae (Cooper, 1863) Triopha catalinae, commonly known as the sea clown triopha or sea clown, is a species of colorful sea slug called a nudibranch. Sea ...
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.
Jorunna funebris, commonly called the dotted nudibranch, is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch , which is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae . [ 2 ] The genus Jorunna is composed of roughly 15 other species of nudibranchs, which feed on a variety of sponges.
Hermissenda crassicornis, also known as the opalescent nudibranch or thick-horned nudibranch, is a species of brightly coloured, sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Doris odhneri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae. [2] [3] It is known by many common names, such as: giant white nudibranch, giant white dorid, and white-knight nudibranch.
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.
In the case of the diamondback tritonia, these nudibranchs are typically light pink, orange or white in color [7] and have an intricate pattern along their back. This pattern can vary amongst individuals. [8] They also possess a vestigial girdle of chitinous ridges that separates them from other nudibranch species. [9]