Above: Doto rosacea, displaying all the standard Dendronotina characteristics - large rhinophoral...
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Nudi Notes
Feeding, Diet & Habitat
Here are, and will be added, NudiNotes about what sea slugs feed upon, how they feed, their evolutionary development in relationship to their diet and how they adapt to their habitat.
Table of Sea Slug Feeding Preferences
A generalized table indicating the diet of the major sea slug groups. Click the image below to...
HUNTER SEA SLUGS – Brittle Stars, Worms, Bivalves and Crustaceans as prey
HUNTER SEA SLUGS Brittle Stars, Worms, Bivalves and Crustaceans as prey In this NudiNote on sea...
MORE COLONIAL CONSUMERS – Sea Slugs that prey on Ascidians, Bryozoans and Entoprocts
More Colonial Consumers Sea Slugs that graze upon Ascidians, Bryozoans and Entoprocts It’s been...
THE STING’S THE THING – Sea Slug Predators of Anemones and Hydroids
“The Sting’s the Thing” Sea Slug Predators of Anemones and Hydroids Have you ever inadvertently...
PHYLLIDIID SUCTORIAL FEEDING
Phyllidiid Suctorial Feeding We are occasionally fortunate enough to encounter and record a...
SPONGIVORES – The Sponge Eaters
SPONGIVORES - The Sponge Eaters Sponges (Phylum Porifera) are one of simplest and oldest of...
SLUGIVORES – SEA SLUGS THAT PREY ON SEA SLUGS
Slugivores - Sea Slugs That Prey On Sea Slugs The great majority of sea slug species are...
THE ALGAE GRAZERS
The Algae Grazers (Header image above - Petalifera ramosa) It has long been established...
THE CORAL EATERS
Many people are surprised to learn that some nudibranch sea slugs are actually corallivorous, that...
SPECIFICITY IN DIVERSITY – The diet of sea slugs
Across the entire group, the sea slugs have an extremely diverse source of food types, but...
STALKING WORMS – FEEDING BY Mariaglaja inornata
The Aglajidae are a carnivorous group of headshield sea slugs that actively hunt their prey. They...
UNIQUELY UNITED BUT DECEPTIVE DISPLAY – THE SUCTORIAL FEEDING POROSTOMATA NUDIBRANCHS
UNIQUELY UNITED BUT DECEPTIVE DISPLAY The Suctorial Feeding Porostomata Nudibranchs In a previous...
THE LITTLE SCRAPER – THE RADULA
The Little Scraper Nearly all the sea slugs, just like nearly all the molluscs (except the...
CONGRESS ON CODIUM – Elysia maoria
CONGRESS ON CODIUM All of the sea slugs in the Sacoglossa order are herbivorous, well nearly all,...