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Sea slugs & snails

Doto.sp

Doto.sp

Also known as: Nudibranch

Adult
@perigor2000 · Australia · February 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, living amongst the branches of sea fans, over coral and rocky reefs.
They feed on Hydroids, by sucking out the fluid content instead of eating the polyps.

Opisthobranchia - Nudibranchs - Sea Slugs meaning "naked gills" are molluscs without a hard shell.
All opisthobranchs are hermaphrodites.
These beautiful slugs are usually brilliantly coloured and this in itself can act as a deterrent against predators. Some sea slugs secrete acid from stinging cells in their tentacles while others secrete acid from cells in their mantle.
Nudibranchs are slow moving, can swim or be propelled along either by muscular contraction or by millions of tiny hairs on the bottom of a fleshy 'foot', they have a voracious appetite and feed with a rasp like tongue.
Nudibranch lay their eggs in a ribbon effect on the sand, in different colours depending on species.

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How to identify

Body shape
frilly
Behaviour
pairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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LIVES IN

Found singly or in pairs, living amongst the branches of sea fans, over coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderNudibranchia
    5. familyDotidae
    6. genusDoto.sp
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    More in the family

    Nudibranchia