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Distribution and habitat. Glaucus atlanticus is the blue sea slug shown here out of water on a beach, and thus collapsed; however, touching the animal directly with your skin can result in a painful sting, with symptoms similar to those caused by the Portuguese man o' war. The slug in the water.
Flabellina ianthina Angas, 1864[1] (basionym) Flabellina scolopendrella Risbec, 1928. Flabellina semperi Bergh, 1870. Pteraeolidia ianthina is a sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Facelinidae. [2][3] It is known as a blue dragon, [4] a name it shares with Glaucus atlanticus and Glaucus marginatus. [5]
Glaucus marginatus is a species of small, floating, blue sea slug; a pelagic (open-ocean) aeolid nudibranch; a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Glaucidae. [1][2] This species is closely related to Glaucus atlanticus, and is part of a species complex (Informal clade Marginatus) along with Glaucus bennettae, Glaucus thompsoni ...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Spring breakers flocking to Texas beaches this month could stumble upon a sight many have never seen — a bright blue and silver sea slug known as the blue dragon.
The rare blue dragon sea slug, which is now washing up on Texas coasts, has a severely painful sting. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
Glaucus (gastropod) Glaucus. (gastropod) Glaucus is a genus of small blue pelagic sea slugs. They are aeolid nudibranchs, [1] ranging in size from 20 to 40 mm (0.79 to 1.57 in). [2] They feed on colonial cnidarians such as Portuguese man o' wars, blue buttons, and purple sails.
Nudibranchs are often casually called sea slugs, as they are a family of opisthobranchs (sea slugs), within the phylum Mollusca (molluscs), but many sea slugs belong to several taxonomic groups that are not closely related to nudibranchs. A number of these other sea slugs, such as the photosynthetic Sacoglossa and the colourful Aglajidae, are ...
Chromodoris. Chromodoris is a genus of very colourful sea slugs or dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, and the type genus of the family Chromodorididae. Within the genus Chromodoris, there are currently 101 classified species. Species within Chromodoris are commonly found in tropical and subtropical waters, living as members of reef ...