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nudibranch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sea slug |
| Type of | gastropod, univalve |
| Has types | hermissenda crassicornis |
Examples of nudibranch
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A brilliant blue and gold nudibranch stood out from the other, more subtle colors.
From the latimes.com
A large Notodoris nudibranch laying eggs at Misool in West Papua, Indonesia.
From the theepochtimes.com
A new nudibranch described by California Academy of Sciences scientist Terry Gosliner.
From the sciencedaily.com
As a finishing touch, add two red-tipped antennae, and you have the purple fan nudibranch.
From the ocregister.com
They become embedded, and defend the nudibranch from would-be predators.
From the ocregister.com
The nudibranch is actually suspended beneath the water's surface film.
From the ocregister.com
This beautiful nudibranch you describe is almost certainly one called Glaucus atlanticus.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
The sea slug, or nudibranch, Flabellina lineata, has delicate tentacles with white tips.
From the guardian.co.uk
This is a nudibranch that is found in deep water from Australia to Japan and east to Hawaii.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
- Sea slug: any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body
- A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage . They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms. ...
- A term for any sea slug; specifically the animals belonging to the suborder Nudibranchia, the largest suborder of the order Opisthobranchia
- (Nudibranchs) Sea slugs with are relatives of land slugs.
- (Nudibranchs) Sea slugs. Members of the Class Gastropoda, Phylum Mollusca that have no protective covering as an adult.*
- (nudibranchs) (or sea slugs)Gastropods that lack a shell and have exposed gills.
- A group of often beautifully-coloured molluscs which have lost their shell. They usually have feather-like gills.
- N(Y)OOD-uh-BRANK/ A member of the gastropod suborder Nudibranchia, marine opisthobranchs lacking shells. These, and the members of certain other gastropod groups, are informally called "sea slugs."
- A type of marine mollusk with a broad, muscular ventral foot and external gills
