domingo, dezembro 21, 2014

The Beautiful World of Sea Slugs

 
 

The Beautiful World of Sea Slugs

If you told me 5 minutes ago that I will be amazed by pictures of sea slugs, I would have probably thought you were crazy, and yet this is exactly what just happened to me. These tiny little creature look nothing like what you might imagine when you think about sea slugs. They are a living proof to the beauty of the ocean floor and to the fact that we should never doubt how much of an artist nature can be.
Chromodoris willani -  The Western Pacific Ocean.
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Halgerda batangas -  The tropical Western Pacific.
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Armina semperi - Indo West Pacific.
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Nembrotha kubaryana - Tropical Indo-West Pacific.
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Chromodoris annae - Indo-Pacific region.
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Cuthona flavovulta - The west coast of the US.
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Ceratosoma brevicaudatum - Western Australia, New South Wales and around Tasmania.
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Jorunna funebris - The Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
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Phyllodesmium longicirrum - The West Pacific.
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Phyllodesmium iriomotense - Okinawa, Japan.
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Hypselodoris kanga - The Western Indian Ocean.
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Chromodoris orientalis – The Indo - West Pacific.
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Bornella Anguilla - The Indo - West Pacific.
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Phyllidia varicose - The Indo - West Pacific, Central Pacific, and the Red Sea.
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Glaucus atlanticus (blue dragon) – The East and South coasts of South Africa and the east coast of Australia and Mozambique.
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Chromodoris reticulatus - Off the coast of the Philippines.
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Cuthona yamasui - The Indo - West Pacific region.
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Thecacera pacifica - The Western Pacific and Indian Ocean.
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Flabellina exoptata - The Indo - West Pacific.
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Miamira sinuate - The Indo - Pacific.
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Pteraeolidia ianthina - The Western Pacific Ocean and in the Red Sea.
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