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Peronia indica is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae. [ 10 ] The largest species of sea hare, the California black sea hare, Aplysia vaccaria can reach a length of 75 centimetres (30 in) and a weight of 14 kilograms (31 lb). [ 11 ]
The related group of sacoglossan sea slugs feed on algae and retain just the chloroplasts for their own photosynthetic use, a process known as kleptoplasty. Some of these species have been observed practising autotomy, severing portions of their body to remove parasites, and have been observed to regrow their head if decapitated. [25]
Peltodoris atromaculata, more commonly known as the dotted sea slug or sea cow, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. [1] It dwells in salt water up to the depth of 40m. It is exclusively found in precorralligene and coralligene communities and is very common in such communities. [2]
Gastropteridae is a fairly diverse family containing four genera and thirty-three described species. Adults have an internal reduced shell or no shell at all. The body is fairly short, usually under 10 mm (0.4 in) in length, but exceptionally up to 35 mm (1.4 in). [3]
Aeolidia papillosa, known as the common grey sea slug, is a species of nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae. [1] Distribution ... Since they lack an outer shell, ...
The Notobranchaeidae, or "naked sea butterflies", are a taxonomic family of floating sea slugs, specifically under the subclass Opistobranchia, also called "sea angels". [1] [2] Similar to other Pteropods, these pelagic marine heterobranch gastropod mollusks [3] are holoplanktonic. [4] [5]
A unique new species of sea slug Bathydevius typically lives thousands of feet below the surface, far from the coastal tide pools or kelp forests that many sea slugs prefer. It also captures its ...
The order Cephalaspidea, also known as the headshield slugs and bubble snails, is a major taxon of sea slugs and bubble snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the larger clade Euopisthobranchia. [1] Bubble shells is another common name for these families of marine gastropods, some of which have thin bubble-like shells. [2]