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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaSlugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaSlugs</span></a> use daylight to show off their colors <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-sea-slugs-daylight.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-sea-slug</span><span class="invisible">s-daylight.html</span></a></p><p>Diel activity correlates with colour pattern morphology of heterobranch sea slugs <a href="https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70036" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">besjournals.onlinelibrary.wile</span><span class="invisible">y.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70036</span></a></p><p>"Rather than hiding from predators, the brightest and most patterned sea slugs are active during the day so their colors shine... They advertise their underlying defenses such as nasty chemicals or stinging cells with bold visual signals like brightly colored spots, thick stripes and enhanced body outlines"</p>
Weird, beautiful & unusual<p>Miller's Nembrotha Nembrotha milleri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, found in the tropical Indo-Pacific ocean. It is a specialist feeder, primarily consuming solitary tunicates (sea squirts), they are found on open reefs with plenty of sea squirts, typically at depths of 3 to 30 meters. It has a grey-green to dark green body with blackish longitudinal wrinkles running down the length of the body. Many specimen of this sea slug lack rhinopores.<br>Picture: Ivan S/ Inaturalist <br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/sea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sea</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/seaslugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaslugs</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
webcubus<p>Happy birthday to me! I celebrated with a chilly, but outstanding dive at Peirce Island in Portsmouth, New Hampshire this morning. The tides and currents limit the time window for diving at this location, but it is absolutely spectacular this time of year. The nudibranchs were so dense we barely moved during out 30 minute dive. </p><p>(Many more pictures to come, these are the ones I quick processed)</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/scubadiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scubadiving</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/underwaterPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underwaterPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/nudibranchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nudibranchs</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/macroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macroPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/seaslugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaslugs</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/selfie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfie</span></a></p>
Weird, beautiful & unusual<p>Coryphella verrucosa, is a species of sea slug, it is a sea slug with translucent body, found on either side of the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, has 5 to 7 groups of red, light brown or maroon projections called cerrata. They are Hermaphrodite, this species can incorporate (nematocysts) from its prey into its cerrata (back projections). It adds more nematocysts when more predators are around. <br>Pic: Jeff Goddard<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/weird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weird</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/seaslugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaslugs</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a></p>
Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a><br>New sea slug from the <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/caribbean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caribbean</span></a> just crawled in:</p><p>Cyerce piercei</p><p>Treatment: <a href="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287FB-FFA2-FFC5-F86C-4656FAD6268B" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287F</span><span class="invisible">B-FFA2-FFC5-F86C-4656FAD6268B</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="http://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad111" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zla</span><span class="invisible">d111</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ZoolJLinnSoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZoolJLinnSoc</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/CyercePiercei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyercePiercei</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/malacology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malacology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/slugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slugs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/seaslugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaslugs</span></a></p>
Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a><br>New sea slug from <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> just surfaced:</p><p>Naisdoris labalsaensis</p><p>Treatment: <a href="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B587E3-FFDF-EE06-00F9-4B27FD01FE9F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/03B587E</span><span class="invisible">3-FFDF-EE06-00F9-4B27FD01FE9F</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.4.3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.</span><span class="invisible">4.3</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Zootaxa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zootaxa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NaisdorisLabalsaensis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaisdorisLabalsaensis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/malacology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malacology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/slugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slugs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/seaslugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaslugs</span></a></p>
Weird, beautiful & unusual<p>Glossodoris Cruenta nudibranch has a pale lemon-colored body that is dotted with red spots, it is distributed in the tropical Western Pacific Ocean.<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/strange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strange</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/seaslugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaslugs</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/slugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slugs</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a>-powered Sea Slugs <a href="https://oceanbites.org/solar-powered-sea-slugs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oceanbites.org/solar-powered-s</span><span class="invisible">ea-slugs/</span></a></p><p>Assessing behavioral and physiological <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/photoprotective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photoprotective</span></a> mechanisms in tropical solar-powered <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaSlugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaSlugs</span></a> exposed to natural light intensities <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-023-04350-w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.springer.com/article/10.1</span><span class="invisible">007/s00227-023-04350-w</span></a></p><p>"Prior studies have underestimated the amount of natural light exposure... new study corrects this and found light exposure far exceeds what is needed for optimal <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/photosynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photosynthesis</span></a> in these <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>... This can lead to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OxidativeStress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxidativeStress</span></a>... Each demonstrated a behavior to reduce injury"</p>
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