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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 ...
The name "sea slug" is also often applied to the sacoglossans (clade Sacoglossa), the so-called sap-sucking or solar-powered sea slugs which are frequently a shade of green. Another group of main gastropods that are often labeled as "sea slugs" are the various families of headshield slugs and bubble snails within the clade Cephalaspidea.
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]
[4] [3] This species is part of a complex that comprises Felimida binza (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963). [3] [2] These species share a similar reticular pattern of yellow and red pigment and morphology. [3] Felimida neona was described under the name Glossodoris neona by Ernst Marcus in Brazil in 1955. [1] It was also known as the "Neon Sea ...
The range of this species is from the most northern point 25.7°N, to the most southern 25.09°N, and from the most western 80.44°W, to the most eastern 80.2°W. [ 4 ] This is one of the most commonly sold aeolid nudibranchs in the marine aquarium trade in North America , [ 5 ] because it is used to control the sea anemone Aiptasia .
The sea slug is about 5.6 inches long and has a transparent body with colorful, visible organs. It flexes its whole body to swim in an up-and-down motion or flows with the currents to travel the ...
Dendronotus is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Tritonioidea. [1] This genus is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The sea slug’s body is made up of a large gelatinous hood and paddle-like tail. It can glow with bioluminescence. A Look At The World's Longest Snake Which Measures Over 32 Feet, A Record ...