#flabellina iodinea

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A Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellina iodinea, at the Research Experience and Education Facility, at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

PHOTO BY: JOEL SARTORE/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO ARK

[2t2r]

La diversité de la beauté des limaces de mer

Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/la-diversite-de-la-beaute-des-limaces-de-mer/

La diversité de la beauté des limaces de mer

[clingynepenthes]

Got inspired by the Spanish Shawl nudibranch Flabellina iodinea and shiny Magcargo, with the flame-colored gills of the nudibranch and the position of the flames leaking from Magcargo's shell.

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Akku's collection ::

Flabellina Iodinea

Cyerce nigricans

Costasiella Kuroshimae a.k.a Sea Sheep

Flabellina pedata

[animal-lover94]

Spanish Shawl

Flabellina iodinea

🔔 This nudibranch feeds on a species of hydroid (Eudendrium ramosum), which possesses a pigment called astaxanthin. This pigment gives the Spanish shawl its brilliant color, it shows up in 3 different states, creating the purple, orange and red colors found on this species.

[montereybayaquarium]

What do you call nudibranch eggs that look like ramen noodles? IMPASTAS!

📷: A rainbow nudibranch (Dendronotus iris) laying eggs in Monterey, spotted by Michelle Manson.

Nudibranchs grow and reproduce quickly, so they don’t have time to search the seas for a slug soulmate. Instead, they’re hermaphroditic—they have both male and female sexual organs—so meetings between two or more can be a mutual mating session.

A nudibranch’s reproductive organs are all on their right side, a result of their bodies “unwinding” from their ancestral snail form. Reproducing means lining up rhinophores to gills in a molluscan cuddle puddle before each nudibranch lays a squiggly string of slug eggs.  

After about a week, the baby nudis—called veligers—hatch and drift in the currents, feasting on plankton for several weeks before settling down to morph into adults.

📷: Two mating white dendronotus nudibranchs (Dendronotus albus) perch precariously on a blade of eelgrass. Found by Phil Lemley.

📷: While most nudibranch eggs range in color from white to pale yellow, the eggs of a spanish shawl nudibranch (Flabellina iodinea) are a brilliant pink! Spotted by JR Sosky.

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Flabellina iodinea (spanish shawl)

[i-am-arcana-trash]

The 6 as Sea Slugs.

No one asked for this but my dash has been overflowing with love for Nudibranches and they are so pretty!

Asra: Hypselodoris bullockii

Nadia: Flabellina Iodinea

Julian: Cyerce Nigricans

Portia: Costasiella kuroshimae

Muriel:. Tambja caeruleocirrus

Lucio: Hexabranchus sanguineus (Spanish Dancer)

Phyllodesmium Poindimiei

And for fun here is Laurel

[lovingexotics]

Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

Flabellina Iodinea

Source: Here

[sixpenceee]

A compilation of the coolest sea slugs! From top to bottom we have.

Phyllodesmium Poindimiei

Dirona Albolineata

Cadlinella Ornatissima

Janolus Fuscus

Cyerce Nigricans

Flabellina Iodinea

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Stealing this post from six//penc//eee. Please do not reblog from her as she is ableist and steals content. For receipts and info, visit @sixpenceeeharms.

Fascinating Nudibranchs

Nudibranchs, aka “Sea Slugs”, are a form of soft bodied marine gastropod mollusks that after the larva stage, shed their shells. There are 2,300 valid known species of nudibranchs. Nudibranchs are known for their fascinating forms and colors, having colorful nicknames such as “dragon”, “clown”, and “marigold”.

Phyllodesmium Poindimiei 

Dirona Albolineata 

Cadlinella Ornatissima 

Janolus Fuscus 

Cyerce Nigricans

Flabellina Iodinea

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https://www.boredpanda.com/sea-slugs/

[lajoiedelacademie]

Flabellina Iodinea by https://deheynlab.ucsd.edu/bioluminescence-fluorescence-photos/

[tiffanybozic]

Woke up at the crack of dawn to catch low tide in Baja last week. Worth it just to find this beautiful Spanish shawl/dancer nudibranch (Flabellina iodinea) hunting in the shallows. The cerata are orange with fuscia rhinophores, derived from a single carotenoid pigment called 'astaxanthin' + poisonous to predators! Subpar photo - doesn't do it justice. Beauty is boundless. 💕❤️💛💜 #scienceandsurf #tidepooling #nudibranch #tiffanybozic #spanishshawl #research #mollusc #flabellinidae (at Baja California, Mexico)

[themonsterblogofmonsters]

Squealing Leech

A magical variety of leech, cousin to the Flabberghasted Leech, these creatures are known for the piercing shrieks they give if forcibly removed from the organism they’re feeding on. While there are tricks that may be used to pry off a leech without making it squeal, this is a hard skill to learn, hence the lingering name. Interestingly, despite the bright colours, Squealing Leeches are no more easy to spot at first bite than ordinary leeches, though as they can grow to the same vast extent as Flabberghasted Leeches they do eventually becoming very visible.

Squealing Leeches are often used in Potions related to sound in place of ordinary or Flabberghasted Leeches, or in any region where they are easier to get ahold of. They tend to make potions bubble rather much more noisily, and so are a preferred ingredient of many wixes who are hard of hearing, as it makes it easier for them to mark the timings of their potions.

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(Image one is of Flabellina iodinea, Image two is of Hexabranchus sanguineus, also called ’Spanish dancer’. Squealing Leeches is from This post by @amortentiafashion. I hate that I have to include this but PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THE IMAGE SOURCE OR MY CAPTION.) 

[montereybayaquarium]

A fiery Flabellina stands fiercely over finely folded eggs filled with its future flamboyant family! Spanish shawls are perhaps California's most photogenic slugs—a fact expertly exploited in Monterey by teacher and photographer Jr Sosky (IG: hijrsosky).