Tag: nudibranch

anudibranchaday:

The Phantom Nudibranch (Melibe colemani) is an incredibly cool see-through nudibranch. It seems to be only made up of strings, which are actually its digestive glands. This allows it to blend in almost perfectly with its surroundings, making it incredibly hard to spot in the wild. Because of this, it was only discovered as a species in 2012! Being in the Melibe genus, the Phantom Nudibranch has an expandable oral hood to catch prey. It lives off the coast of Malaysia and Indonesia. Want to see it in action? Check out this video!

You have GOT to take a look at that video.

turboferret:

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nooby-banana:

ironychan:

ilymorgannn:

I’m terrified of the ocean but I love what inhabits it

I don’t know what this thing is but it can probably kill you in at least six horrible ways.

It’s a Spanish Dancer!! 😀  It’s a type of sea slug that eats poisonous animals for breakfast and then absorbs their toxic power for itself. Their badass menu includes sea sponges and Portugese Man-O-Wars.

That is most definitely not a Spanish Dancer.

This is a Spanish Dancer:

What OP posted is actually a flatworm. Yes, the same phylum that has fuckkers who like to hang out in human intestines.

That is called a Hancock’s flatworm (Pseudobiceros hancockanus) and it’s indeed toxic as hell, which is exactly why it’s so colorful. They are all hermaphrodites and before each mating they engage in a duel where they try to stab each other with their pointy twin dongers to decide who’s going to give the sperm to who. It’s called penis fencing, and yes, scientists call it that too.

EN GARDE DICKHEAD

No no no.

THIS is a Spanish dancer:

I’m so glad we cleared that up.

Ah right. My taxonomy is rusty sometimes.

Just to be exact, since many people lump the diverse Spanish regions together, this is not a dancer that represents strictly Spain. It is a dancer typical to one region of Spain – Sevillia. But in no way it is the only dancer the Spaniards have. As such it cannot be called a Spanish dancer because that would overlook the dancers in all other regions of Spain.

Source: cineraria

glumshoe:

glumshoe:

Giant nudibranch (dendronotus iris) that my campers found in the surf. I’ve never seen a living one before – these guys prey upon tube-dwelling anemones and can swim like this when disturbed. I was totally enamored!

my original caption doesn’t capture the overwhelming, inarticulate joy I felt when we found this guy

empryean:

nooby-banana:

ironychan:

ilymorgannn:

I’m terrified of the ocean but I love what inhabits it

I don’t know what this thing is but it can probably kill you in at least six horrible ways.

It’s a Spanish Dancer!! 😀  It’s a type of sea slug that eats poisonous animals for breakfast and then absorbs their toxic power for itself. Their badass menu includes sea sponges and Portugese Man-O-Wars.

this badass son of a bitch eats spongebob and his family

Source: cineraria