Image via WikipediaThis article, about the Nudibranch (also called the Sea Slug - an ugly name for such a beautiful creature, don't you think?). For an idea of the seemingly infinite colours, shapes and varieties go to the 4th video - Nudibranchs ウミウシの世界 Sea Slugs Variations. >> Sound On (most)
Spanish Dancer in the Red Sea (3:48)
Spanish dancers are very large nudibranchs known for their graceful swimming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBlB1-EabgI&feature=player_embedded#
Nudibranch Adaptations Nudibranchs protect themselves by having adaptations to other poisonous creatures and also use bright colors to signal they, too, are poisonous. This film was created May 20, 2006 during the Living Oceans Foundation's Farasan Islands Expedition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF3oBSAxKSM&feature=related
Nudibranch Sea Slugs of the coast of Indonesia – Description and discussion in a National Geographic (:55) YouTube Video
What's your poison? The nudibranch sea slug devours the man o' war's stinging cells, then uses them for its own defense! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHVoV0MVwSc&feature=fvw
Nudibranchs ウミウシの世界 Sea Slugs Variations
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* from Wikipedia: “A nudibranch (pronounced /ˈnjuːdɨbræŋk/)[1] is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage[2]. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms. The clade Nudibranchia is the largest clade within the heterobranchs, with more than 3,000 described species.
The word "nudibranch" comes from the Latin nudus, naked, and the Greek brankhia, gills.
Nudibranchs are often casually called "sea slug", but many sea slugs belong to several taxonomic groups which are not related to nudibranchs. A number of these other sea slugs (such as the colorful Aglajidae) are often confused with nudibranchs.”
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