Shaun the Sheep Nudibranch

This Nudibranch is very tiny, less than 5mm in size. It is hardly possible to see the details of the eyes and cerata with the naked eyes. It is fondly called Shaun the Sheep as it supposedly looks like a Sheep grazing on grasses.

Here is another picture of 3 together in the same algae :

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Ferdy Christant

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Wow, almost like an alien species :) Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
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  Thanks, fchristant. There are several thousands species of Nudibranch, most of them very colourful and weird in appearance that gives them the 'alien' look :D Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
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    Looks like we have a long way to go then :)
    https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/mollusca/gastropoda/nudibranchia Posted 9 years ago

Albert Kang

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I will try to post more in the future, probably have several hundreds of them in my records :D Posted 9 years ago

The Costasiella kuroshimae

''Costasiella kuroshimae'' is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae. It has the ability to incorporate chloroplasts from the algae it feeds on into its body and use them to do photosynthesis.

The type locality is Kuroshima, Taketomi, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.

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Similar species: Plakobranchacea

Species identified by Albert Kang