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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > sea slugs > Order Nudibranchia |
| Sargassum
nudibranch Crosslandia daedali Family Scyllaeidae updated Sep 12 Where seen? This extremely well camouflaged nudibranch was seen among Sargassum seaweeds (Sargassum sp.) at St. John's Island. Features: About 3cm long. It has a pair of 'flaps' (mantle lobes) in the middle of the body. There are fluffy structures (dendritic gill-like structures) inside the mantle lobes. The brush-like rhinophores are tiny and are at the tip of a huge rhinophore stalk. Along the sides of the body it has a few bright blue spots and white spikes. What does it eat? This nudibranch grazes tiny hydroids that grow on seaweeds. |
 St. John's Island, Jan 06 |
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 Tiny brush-like rhinophore at the tip of long rhinophore stalk. |
Sargassum nudibranchs on Singapore shores
| Photos for free download from wildsingapore flickr |
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Western Australian Museum. 184 pp.|
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