Above: Doto rosacea, displaying all the standard Dendronotina characteristics - large rhinophoral...
DELVING INTO DENDRONOTINIDS
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Nudi Notes
Anatomy & Functions
Here are, and will be added, NudiNotes on the anatomy, shapes, systems and the associated functions of sea slugs in general or about species in particular.
NUDIBRANCH GILL GUARDING
NUDIBRANCH GILL GUARDING Shell-less but not defenceless The sea is full of hungry mouths, many...
CERATA Part 3 – Defensive Attributes
CERATAPart 3 - Defensive Attributes In the Aeolidina, (the aeolids) the cerata have certainly...
ILLUMINATION ENLIGHTENMENT – Bioluminescence in Nudibranchs
Plocamopherus ceylonicus displaying the four papilla-mounted bioluminescent globes arranged around...
CERATA Part 2 – The Multiple Functions
CERATA Part 2 - The Multiple Functions In Part 1, an overview of cerata was given together with...
CERATA: The Multifunctional “Fingers” of Sea Slugs Part 1 – Introduction
CERATA: The Multifunctional "Fingers" of Sea Slugs Part 1 - Introduction The term cerata...
GIVING THE FINGER – The siphon of gastropterids
The Gastropteridae are cephalaspideans or head-shield slugs. It would appear that their “main...
REMARKABLE RHINOPHORES
When you don’t possess true eyes to recognise the shape of things, to see where you’re going, or...
HANCOCK’S ORGANS – THE “RHINOPHORES” YOU HAVE WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE RHINOPHORES
We all know about the rhinophores of the true nudibranchs - those highly developed...
SIX SEPARATE SOCKETS – Hexabranchus
Hexabranchus sanguineus The name says it all. It has six gills - Hexabranchus, and is...
THE LITTLE SCRAPER – THE RADULA
The Little Scraper Nearly all the sea slugs, just like nearly all the molluscs (except the...
THE ANAL DUALITY OF THE NUDIBRANCHIA
The true nudibranchs are divided into two suborders – Suborder Cladobranchia and Suborder...