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Nudibranch - Nembrotha cristata This Nembrotha Cristata Nudibranch is black in colour with raised green nodules. Crested Nembrotha,Geotagged,Malapascua,Nembrotha cristata,Nudibranch,Philippines,Spring,cebu Click/tap to enlarge

Nudibranch - Nembrotha cristata

This Nembrotha Cristata Nudibranch is black in colour with raised green nodules.

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''Nembrotha cristata'' is a species of colorful sea slug, a polycerid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. This species of sea slug is black with green markings; adults are around 50 mm in length, and they live on rock or coral reefs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Although they mostly eat sea squirts, they also absorb stinging cells from the jellyfish that they sometimes eat; this allows the sea slug to deliver a painful sting to would-be predators.

Similar species: Sea Slugs
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Dec 6, 2016. Captured Apr 7, 2016 09:58 in Unnamed Road, Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines.
  • DSC-RX100
  • f/8.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO200
  • 37.1mm