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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
Also commonly known as the blue glaucus, the blue dragon is a sea slug located in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. The blue dragon, pictured at Bob Hall Pier, is a type of sea slug and can ...
Pteraeolidia ianthina, one of the most common aeolids found, is often called a "blue dragon" by Eastern Australian divers because of its close resemblance to a Chinese dragon. [8] It is one of the most common aeolid nudibranchs found in Eastern Australia and can inflict a painful sting to humans.
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 .
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 ...
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).
In Greek and Roman mythology, Glaucus (/ ˈ ɡ l ɔː k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Γλαῦκος Glaukos means "greyish blue" or "bluish green" and "glimmering"), usually surnamed as Potnieus, was a son of Sisyphus whose main myth involved his violent death as the result of his horsemanship.
Glaucus atlanticus is an example of a nudibranch that has its cerata positioned like wings instead of on its back. The name nudibranch is appropriate, since the dorids (infraclass Anthobranchia ) breathe through a "naked gill" shaped into branchial plumes in a rosette on their backs. [ 20 ]