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Jorunna parva, commonly known as the sea bunny, is a species of dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae. The species was first described by Kikutaro Baba. [2] Its resemblance to a rabbit facilitated a surge in popularity on Twitter throughout Japan in 2015. [3]
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 ...
Jorunna funebris, commonly called the dotted nudibranch, is a species of sea slug. It is a dorid nudibranch , which is a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae . [ 2 ] The genus Jorunna is composed of roughly 15 other species of nudibranchs, which feed on a variety of sponges.
Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs, specifically dorid nudibranchs in the taxonomic family Dorididae and other closely related families. These are marine gastropod mollusks.
Cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs (previously known as the taxon Cryptobranchia), are nudibranch sea slugs within the clade Doridacea. These slugs are called "cryptobranch," meaning "hidden gill", because they are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket, in contrast to nudibranchs in the traditional group phanerobranchs (or Phanerobranchia), which taxon is probably paraphyletic (in other ...
The nudibranch Nembrotha aurea is a gastropod. A sea cucumber also looks slug-like and is sometimes loosely called a "sea slug", but it is not a gastropod.. Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs.
Bathydevius is a bizarre nudibranch with a highly unusual appearance, ecology, and taxonomy. It is the first known nudibranch to inhabit the bathypelagic zone, and only one of very few pelagic, free-swimming genera within this generally benthic group.
This animal can reach a total length of more than 120 mm. It is a large dark-bodied nudibranch which may have green stripes running down the length of the body or have green raised spots. The margin of the foot and head is a vivid red-orange. The rhinophores and gills may be red or green.