
Melibe Nudibranch
This is a fairly large size Nudibranch, around 30cm in size. Mostly brownish and translucent in colour.
The genus of this Nudibranch, Melibe has a very interesting feeding habit, it has the oral hood which it can expand to envelope its food, mostly small crustaceans from the sandy surface. They are usually seen at night time and probably dig themselves into the sandy bottom to hide during day time.

''Melibe viridis'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.
Similar species: Sea Slugs
By Albert Kang
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Uploaded Aug 6, 2016. Captured Apr 17, 2016 19:16 in Majuben Barangay Rd 1, Mabini, Batangas, Philippines.