#rhinophores

[wikipediapictures]

Gasflame nudibranch

“Photograph of the rhinophores of the Gasflame nudibranch Janolus nakaza taken in 20m of water in False Bay off the South African coast using a Nikonos V camera.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[angelnumber27]

Chromodoris lochi

[lanecross]

Hypselodoris tryoni, a common nudibranch in the West Pacific Ocean and like most nudibranch feed on sponges. Nudibranchs are truly the prettiest gastropods (maybe some bias) and are always intriguing to divers. It was nice to see one and sometimes these nudibranchs are seen on the sponge or hydorid that it is eating. It last dive of that day after all the excitement at Sipadan with Great Hammerhead Shark and deep blue.

[vivsemporium]

If there's any questions or any information that I have missed, please feel free to comment down below and I'll do my best to respond!

[funkyyylizard]

i will probably die if i had to draw their models again..

[gay-artificer]

Im glad we have an actual view of the slugcat's profile (From Del Northern's original vinyl work, this came as along with it) and its not flat-faced. Still overall very short muzzles but not quiet persian cat style like some of their forward art would suggest

[havockingboo]

trying to tweak this stupid slugs design while experiencing a sort of character design block SUCKS

[agentkirin]

Me: actually being kinda productive

Me, late that night: is suddenly motivated to work on that Starbound species mod that's been on my back burner for a hot minute

[kaelooloo]

i dont really have anything to say i just like this screenshot a lot right now

[hippie-self-shippie]

the back of her head. satan is tempting me to pull an “i like ya cut g” on her but i will only treat my wife with the utmost care and gentleness

[phocids]

I want her so bad

[bbg100]

Hexabranchus sanguineus (Spanish dancer) is the largest nudibranch I know of

However for tide pools you're more likely to see aplysia vaccaria (Californian black sea hare), a big ass sea hare

Chronicles of the Night Sea

[pinkautist]

me seeing some art where neuvillette has his hair short or tied up: NOOOO DON'T INCLUDE HIS RHINOPHORES IN THAT YOU'RE GONNA HURT HIM‼️‼️‼️

[johncenagirldick]

if i had a fursona it would be a snail. a slimesona if u will

[yupuffin]

I'd make a comment about potentially calling them "rhinophores" in a fic and being so obscure that it's lost to the audience, but let's be real, I wrote a Genshin fic with a scene where Aether, Xiao and Kaeya all go tidepooling together that uses niche words like "sessile" that standard spellcheckers don't recognize so honestly I'd probably still do it. 😂

If anyone ends up writing Neuvillette in a fic and calling them "rhinophores" please send it to me so I can see it with my own eyes and give you brownie points 🤣

ik we all call the blue parts of Neuvillette's hair horns or antenna or whatever but the marine bio nerd in me is like.

Rhinophores.

Neuvillette is a blue dragon nudibranch, change my mind

[mbari-blog]

Ravishingly rotund, meet the rosy sea slug (Tritonia tetraquetra). 🤩💕

This relatively large sea slug can grow to 22 centimeters (about eight inches) in length. The two horn-like structures on Tritonia's head are rhinophores that allow the sea slug to "smell" chemical signals dissolved in seawater and help find its prey—deep-sea corals. It crawls onto corals and eats the soft polyps using its rasp-like tongue, called a radula. Two rows of white fluffy gills line the back of this precious poof, and that pretty pink color comes from its rosy-hued prey.

Also known as nudibranchs (pronounced “nood-i-branks”), this group of sea slugs lives throughout the world ocean, from the tide pools down into the deep sea. Unlike the dark, slimy relatives of the slugs we see in our gardens, they come in a wide array of bright colors and psychedelic patterns. Like many other deep-sea animals, the nudibranchs of the deep are poorly studied. Though scientists have named about 3,000 shallow-water nudibranchs, we have identified far fewer species that thrive in the deep ocean.