Tag: sea slug

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.

cool-critters:

Tethys fimbria

Tethys fimbria is a species of predatory sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.
The distribution of Tethys fimbria includes the Mediterranean Sea and the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean from Portugal in the north, to the Gulf of Guinea in the south. The length of the body of Tethys fimbria can reach up to 30 cm. Tethys fimbria is translucent, but it has dark spots on its cerata. It has a broad oral hood in the frontal part of its body. The habitat of Tethys fimbria is seas which have sand or mud on the bottom, in depths from 20 to 150 m.
Tethys fimbria captures and feeds on small crustaceans. It uses its broad hood for catching them.

photo credits:
Pino Bucca,
prilfish

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montereybayaquarium:

Watch this barber slug fulfill its anemoneeds!

🎥Joe Platko in Monterey!

UPDATE! Hey everyone! Sorry for the confusion! Here’s more info to explain what’s going on: The anemone retreats once it feels the pinch of the barber slug’s bite. Latching on, the slug is pulled in with the anemone, not wanting to let go of its meal. Once the slug snips off a tentacle or two, it pulls itself back out of the tube and moves on to the next anemone spaghetti dish, while the anemone waits for the coast to clear before coming back out from its tube.

Yikes!

Source: montereybayaquarium