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Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the blue sea dragon, sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, dragon slug, blue dragon, blue sea slug, and blue ocean slug) is a species of sea slug in the family Glaucidae.
Also commonly known as the blue glaucus, the blue dragon is a sea slug located in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. The blue dragon, pictured at Bob Hall Pier, is a type of sea slug and can ...
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.
Spring breakers flocking to TX beaches this month could stumble upon a sight many have never seen — a bright blue and silver sea slug known as the blue dragon.
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 ...
A venomous sea creature probably isn't high on your must-see list when on a beach vacation. But that's exactly what happened to one San Antonio resident as she explored the Gulf Coast.
This is because it is a passive drifter, which means that it relies on water currents and wind to carry it through the ocean. It is preyed on by the sea slug Glaucus atlanticus (sea swallow or blue dragon), violet sea-snails of the genus Janthina, [12] and the other blue dragon, Glaucus marginatus. [13]
The Wildlife Trusts’s marine review of the year reveals conservation comebacks and calls for greater protection of the waters around the UK.