Sea slugs & snails
Aplysia Slug.
Aplysia
Also known as: Nudibranchs, Nudibranch
ALSO KNOWN AS
- Nudibranchs
- Nudibranch
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Overview
Found singly, or in pairs, amongst grass, mud, rubble, and sand, often buried in the substrate for protection, over intertidal zones, of bays and lagoons. When predators come too close, they will discharge a purple fluid to warn them off.
Opisthobranchia - Nudibranchs - Sea Slugs meaning "naked gills" are molluscs without a hard shell.
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How to identify
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-Pacific
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LIVES IN
Found singly, or in pairs, amongst grass, mud, rubble, and sand, often buried in the substrate for protection, over intertidal zones, of bays and lagoons.
RANGE
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Adult photos 1
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumMollusca
- classGastropoda
- orderAplysiida
- familyAplysiidae
- genusAplysia
SourcesWikipedia
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More in the family
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