Spanish shawl
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| Flabellina iodinea Cooper, 1862 |
The Spanish shawl, Flabellina iodinea, is a nudibranch in the family Flabellinidae, native to the North American west coast. It has been reported as far north as British Columbia, Canada, and as far south as Punta Asuncion, Baja California Sur, Mexico, and in addition to this in the Gulf of California and the Galapagos Islands.[1]. It displays a stunning set of colors, the body being purple, the gills being orange and the rhinophores being scarlet.
These Nudibranchs use the neon orange appendages on their back as gills to extract oxygen from the sea water they live in. These Spanish Shawl Nudibranchs are also hermaphrodites which means they have both male and female sex organs however self- reproduction very rarely occurs.
[edit] References
- ^ Spanish Shawl. The Slugsite. Retrieved on 16 April 2006.
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 A spanish shawl nudibranch in the Channel Islands in California. |
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