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Flabellinopsis iodinea, the Spanish shawl, is a species of aeolid nudibranch, a very colorful sea slug. This is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae . Distribution
Spanish Shawl (Flabellina iodinea) in Scripps Canyon, La Jolla. The San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park is the historical name for a marine reserve that includes the San Diego-Scripps Coastal Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) and Matlahuayl State Marine Reserve (SMR), adjoining marine protected areas that extend offshore from La Jolla in San Diego County on California's south coast.
The Aeolidida is a taxonomic clade of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are distinguished from other nudibranchs by their possession of cerata containing cnidosacs .
The exact systematics of nudibranchs are a topic of recent revision. Traditionally, nudibranchs have been treated as the order Nudibranchia, located in the gastropod mollusc subclass Opisthobranchia (the marine slugs: which consisted of nudibranchs, sidegill slugs, bubble snails, algae sap-sucking sea slugs, and sea hares). [44]
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Heterotis rotundifolia is native to Africa, occurring naturally in central and western Africa from Sierra Leone to Zaire.It has been introduced as a ground cover and ornamental plant to other tropical areas such as Hawaii, Malaysia, and the West Indies, [7] [6] and has become naturalised in some topical parts of Australia. [8]
In addition to trapping prey, the slug's hood can snap shut and propel the animal away from danger. Predators might overlook the sea slug's transparent body or be startled by its bioluminescence ...
Phidiana hiltoni is a species of sea slug, ... being found from the central California coast to Baja California, Mexico, and it is also found in the Gulf of Mexico ...