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Glaucus is a genus of small blue pelagic sea slugs. They are aeolid nudibranchs , [ 1 ] ranging in size from 20 to 40 mm (0.79 to 1.57 in). [ 2 ] They feed on colonial cnidarians such as Portuguese man o' wars , blue buttons , and purple sails .
Glaucous (from Latin glaucus, from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós) 'blue-green, blue-grey') is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), glaucous macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus), and glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa).
Glaucus atlanticus is the blue sea slug shown here out of water on a beach, and thus collapsed; however, touching the animal directly with your skin can result in a painful sting, with symptoms similar to those caused by the Portuguese man o' war The slug in the water
A statue of Glaucus was installed in 1911 in the middle of the Fontana delle Naiadi, Mario Rutelli's fountain of four naked bronze nymphs, located in the Piazza Repubblica, Rome. Ezra Pound wrote a poem titled "An Idyl for Glaucus" from the perspective of Glaucus's human lover, abandoned after Glaucus had tasted the herb and leapt into the sea ...
The rufous-breasted hermit is now placed with two other species in the genus Glaucis that was introduced in 1831 by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie. [6] [7] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek glaukos meaning "blue-grey", "glaucous" or "pale green". The specific epithet hirsutus is Latin meaning "hairy" or "bristled". [8]
The genus name is from Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific name hyperboreus is Latin for "northern" from the Ancient Greek Huperboreoi people from the far north [2] "Glaucous" is from Latin glaucus and denotes the grey colour of the gull. [3] An older English name for this species is ...
Glaucus marginatus is a species of small, floating, blue sea slug; a pelagic (open-ocean) aeolid nudibranch; a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Glaucidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This species is closely related to Glaucus atlanticus , and is part of a species complex (Informal clade Marginatus) along with Glaucus bennettae , Glaucus ...
Glaucus, a genus of nudibranchs in the family Glaucidae; Glaucus (mythology), characters named Glaucus in Greek mythology; Glaucus, a sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin; The protagonist in the 1834 novel The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton; Glaukos Linea , a linea on Europa