#cuthona

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Cuthona viridis 1 by Alexander Semenov

[lovelyslimebois]

Name: Cuthona yamasui

My personal name: Pill popper slug (the cerata look like pills to me idk)

Location: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

Variations: Heads, rhinophores, and oral tentacles range in color from translucent orange to a translucent blue-black color. The bodies sometimes are translucent with opaque white splotches, while other times the whole body is just plain opaque white

Diet: Carnivorous, feeding mainly on hydroids, such as the hydroid aglaophenia cupressina

Size: ~1-5 cm long

[lovelyslimebois]

Name: Cuthona sibogae

My personal name: Firework slug

Location: Indo-West Pacific

Size: about 3.5 cm long

Diet: Orange hydroid

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//It’s going to take a bit for the first ic post on the blog, I’m currently on data and the internet is estimated to come in a few weeks from now

Though throughout the weeks I’ll be posting little facts about Cuthona so everyone can get a general idea about their character.

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Cuthona viridis gang by Alexander Semenov http://flic.kr/p/Qc2H18

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Cuthona sp.1-0754 by Allen Lee(houpc) on Flickr

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Some species of nudibranchs like this pretty little Cuthona are biological burglars; they will borrow the defense mechanism from one animal and use it for themselves. (Photograph: Steve Miller)

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Cuthona yamasui 

Cuthona yamasui (Nudibranchia - Tergipedidae) is an exceptional and uncommon sea slug found in the Tropical Indo-West Pacific. 

This small nudibranch (30-35 mm) shows color variation, particularly of head, rhinophores and oral tentacles appear to range from translucent orange to dark blue-black. Body color is somewhat translucent light orange- brown. There is a prominent white band between the rhinophores.

The tips of the oral tentacles and rhinophores are whitish. Cerata are elongated. The tips of the cerata are black followed by a yellow and turquoise blue band. Rest of the cerata is greyish-white in appearance. 

References: [1] - [2] - [3]

Photo credit: ©Vishal Bhave

Locality: unknown.