#Nudibranchia

[snototter]

A pair of Anna's magnificent sea slugs (Chromodoris annae) in Dauin, Phillipines

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

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Caldukia

“Caldukia rubiginosa, a proctonotid nudibranch. Porirua, New Zealand.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

New slug just dropped-- and it's a doozy! Bathydevius caudactylus, aka the mystery mollusk, was originally discovered in 2002, but it was only earlier this month that scientists at MBARI were able to identify it as a species of sea slug. Part of the confusion came from the mystery mollusks' unique anatomy; unlike other slugs, which typically crawl across the ground, B. caudactylus actually swims! What's more, it catches its prey using a hood, much like a venus fly trap.

Check out the video below to learn more about this amazing discovery!

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whimsical slug

[birdblues]

Variable Neon Slug

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Chromodoris nudibranch? Or nudibranchs in general lol

Of course! I can cover both in the poll :)

Photos from Johan Folmeus & Karolle Wall, respectively.

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[angelnumber27]

I think it would be incredibly cool to have an aquarium of nudibranchs as lil pets..

[boymanmaletheshequel]

A little man on a big journey (he is scrounging for morsels of his precious sponge)

[latedawnz-earlysunsetz]

nudibranchia (nudibranch!!1!)

[snototter]

Acanthodoris rhodoceras, a nudibranch, in California, USA

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

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Caloria indica

“Caloria indica, synonym: Phidiana indica, on purple sponge.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[creatureimages]

every time i see a bluebottle or a blue sea dragon posted online all the comments are like "erm... can't that kill you? what the scallop?" my brother in christ venom doesnt always kill you sometimes it's just oof ouch ow. anyway heres a glaucus atlanticus

[birdblues]

Glossodoris cincta

[nunca205s-art-gallery]

So, about Skatia's relationships. First we have her and Pyronica, they meet in their late teens/early "twenties" and it was love at first sight. Like, they were down bad for eachother.

Things were mostly ok, they had their ups and downs but they were really happy and lasted for a good while.

They both liked provoking some (mostly harmless) chaos, but Pyro was always more intense. They were the power couple.

(more under the cut)

Then, many many years later Pyro met Bill and joined the Henchmanicacs, Skatia didn't mind it at the beginning. But as Pyro got into more messes with Bill by doing pretty serious illegal stuff, Pyro wanting her girlfriend to joing the Henchmanicacs, and Skatia also feeling more mature and wanting to put her life together and start acting like a responsible adult, they started to fight more.

At the end they decided to make a clean break and break up on good terms. (It still made both of them sad, but they knew it was for the best.)

Then, time passes and while Skatia is finishing medicine school she meets Fya. It was on The Archives (an intergalactic library in the dimension of knowledge), she was researching for a college project and Fya was looking for books to read.

This wasn't love at first sight, but falling in love the more they met eachother, the more they learn and spend time together. They became friends first and had a slow burn plot.

After some time and and a very beautiful romance story, they made it official. Their relationship is still ongoing and they live happily together in a house in Fya's home dimension.

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Please look at sea slugs photos, aren't they the cutest things???

Also, here, have a recent Skatia doodle.

[herpsandbirds]

hey do you have any purple critters? purple's a pretty rare colour so I'd like to see an ourple creature

I've got some purple friends for you...

Purple Gold Jumping Spider (Irura bidenticulata), males, family Salticidae, found in SE Asia

photographs by Artur Tomaszek Inglourious Reptiles

Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris), male, family Nectariniidae, order Passeriformes, Nyungwe Forest National Park , Rwanda

photograph by Will Wilson @2wsphotography

Purple-tipped Janolus (Janolus savinkini), family Proctonotidae, order Nudibranchia, Kata Beach, Phuket, Thailand

photograph by Stuart Childs

Purple-edged Crambid Moth (Pitama hermesalis), family Crambidae, Borneo

photograph by Valentin Golubkov

Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi), male, family Sturnidae, found in much of Sub-Saharan Africa

photograph by lexvanvught_photography

Purple Flower Beetle (Chlorocala africana oertzeni), EAT A TASTY BANANA!!!, family Scarabaeidae, found in Tanzania

Other subspecies are green.

photograph by Richard Nakamura (@richards_inverts)