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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. [1]
Hermissenda opalescens is a species of brightly coloured sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [ 2 ] This species is commonly known as the "opalescent sea slug."
The opalescent nudibranch or opalescent sea slug may refer to: Hermissenda opalescens, southwestern North America; Hermissenda crassicornis, northwestern North America
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 .
Anemones are also covered with a protective mucous layer [13] that is compositionally unique from the mucous layer that is produced by nudibranch species. [12] The thickness of the mucous layer ranges by the different families of Nudibranchia but members of Aeolidiidae express relatively thin layers which limit the amount microvilli -like ...
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All nudibranchs are simultaneous hermaphrodites, with each individual possessing both male and female reproductive structures. During mating, two individuals compete for the position of male by darting their penises at one another until the victor penetrates the body wall of the other and impregnating them, forcing them to act as the female, an ...