About Nudibranchs and sea slugs COIS
Nudibranch is a member of one suborder of soft-bodied, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks, which are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms. The suborder Nudibranchia is the largest suborder of heterobranchs, with more than 3,000 described species.
The word "nudibranch" comes from the Latin nudus, naked, and the Greek brankhia, gills.
Nudibranchs are often casually called "sea slugs", a non-scientific term which has led some people to assume that every sea slug is a nudibranch. However, while it is true that nudibranchs are very numerous in terms of species, and are often very attractive, there are numerous other kinds of sea slugs belonging to several taxonomic groups that are not very closely related to nudibranchs. A fair number of these other sea slugs are colorful and thus even more easily confused with nudibranchs.
Sea slug can mean:
* Sea slug, a common name for a nudibranch, a member of the order Nudibranchia of opisthobranch gastropods
* Sea slugs (Opisthobranchia), a common name that is also applied to a very large group of heterobranch gastropod mollusks, which includes the nudibranchs, sea hares, Sacoglossans and others, some of which have reduced shells, and many of which are shell-less
* Other groups of shell-less or reduced-shell marine gastropods, including the sorbeoconch family Carinarioidea and the pulmonate sea slug family Onchidiidae
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<b>Beautiful nudibranch, well done!!!
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<b>And please, feel free to add any other nudibranch picture you like
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It will look something like this
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Beautiful nudibranch, well done!!!
You are invited to add this image to
NUDIBRANCHS
Diving COIS
And please, feel free to add any other nudibranch picture you like
Join the group, you are welcome!!
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<b> Excellent photograph, it deserves
COIS AWARD, GOLDEN STAR </b>
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It looks something like this
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Excellent photograph, it deserves
COIS AWARD, GOLDEN STAR
VISIT OUR GROUPS
Diving COIS Group
NUDIBRANCHS
SHARKS AROUND THE WORLD
Underwater Videos
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
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