#thecacera pacifica

[sucroholic]

nudibranch post for my birthday 🎉

thecacera pacifica is such a cute little guy, its like a little pikachu

[kitsumo]

freaking slug

[duskffyart]

The pikachu sea slug is the best thing i just found out about omfg! (Actual name is Thecacera Pacifica)

They're very toxic apparently despite their cute looks!

[musicmakesyousmart]

Garden Angel - Thecacera Pacifica

Nature Noise Wall

2020

[anudibranchaday]

The Pikachu nudibranch (Thecacera pacifica) is appropriately named for its yellow body with black stripes and black-tipped rhinophores. Found in both the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (in the Gulf of Mexico) it grows to be about 2cm. Unlike the real Pikachu, this nudibranch has no electric powers, but the resemblance is still this creature’s claim to fame!

[bitcoon]

Sea slugs are adorable, so I made one!

[astronomy-to-zoology]

Thecacera pacifica

...a species of polycerid nudibranch that is widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific. Like other nudibranches T. pacifica likely dwells in coral reefs and feeds mainly on sessile invertebrates like sponges, tuincates, and corals.

Classification

Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-Heterobranchia-Euthyneura-Nudipleura-Nudibranchia-Euctenidiacea-Doridacea-Polyceroidea-Polyceridae-Thecacera-T. pacifica

Images: David Doubilet and Adrian Kew

[trynottodrown]

Thecacera pacifica