The nudibranch Melibe leonina swims by rhythmically flexing its body from side to side at a frequency of I cycle every 2-5 sec. |
The nudibranch group of molluscs achieve their brilliantly coloured surfaces from the pigments they ingest with their food. |
Nature, of course, thinks of everything and it seems that a nudibranch getting its own sperm or eggs is impossible. |
Once the cnidae have matured within the nudibranch, they can be used in its own defense. |
Flat against the stone and not easily perceived may be a chiton, a planarian worm, or a nudibranch. |
Consider the dazzling yellow stripes splashing the flanks of China rockfish or the neon feathered tips of the clown nudibranch. |