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GAS FLAME NUDIBRANCH - by requestBonisa nakaza©Geoff Spiby The gasflame nudibranch is a very colourful species of nudibranch, or sea slug, (you can see from the photo where they get their name). This is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Proctonotidae. The gasflame nudibranch is a large, beautiful nudibranch densely covered with cerata, or horn-like structures. Cerata greatly extend the surface area of nudibranchs, and aid in respiration. This is the process of gas exchange for metabolic use.Cerata are also used, in some cases, for attack and defense. These nudibranch usually grow to between (2-3”) 50 and 80 mm in length, but may reach (4.75”) 120 mm. They have highly variable coloration. See egg ribbons here Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerata Other posts: Spanish Shawl Nudibranch Blue-tipped Nudibranch Blue-Dorid Nudibranch

GAS FLAME NUDIBRANCH - by request
Bonisa nakaza
©Geoff Spiby

The gasflame nudibranch is a very colourful species of nudibranch, or sea slug, (you can see from the photo where they get their name).

This is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Proctonotidae.

The gasflame nudibranch is a large, beautiful nudibranch densely covered with cerata, or horn-like structures. Cerata greatly extend the surface area of nudibranchs, and aid in respiration. This is the process of gas exchange for metabolic use.Cerata are also used, in some cases, for attack and defense.

These nudibranch usually grow to between (2-3”) 50 and 80 mm in length, but may reach (4.75”) 120 mm. They have highly variable coloration.

See egg ribbons here

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerata

Other posts:

Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

Blue-tipped Nudibranch

Blue-Dorid Nudibranch

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