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It's finally wildcard day for #SlugsVsFish #SlugsVsFishes!
One of the most amazing things about sea slugs is the diversity of morphology! Here's a thread of some the amazing shapes of nudibranchs our scientists have found in the field.
First up check out these colors! 😍
One of the most amazing things about sea slugs is the diversity of morphology! Here's a thread of some the amazing shapes of nudibranchs our scientists have found in the field.
First up check out these colors! 😍
This gorgeous green nudibranchs was photographed by Chela Zabin in the Phillipines. #SeaSlugSquad
But what if you prefer stripes to one standard color? 🤔
Day 2 of #SlugsVsFishes is feeding and predation. As you know, fishes for that covered real good. If there’s something edible in the sea, fishes will find a way to eat it. Acanthurids, like this Zebrasoma, are herbivorous. They feed mostly on algae and other vegetal growth. 1/-
Surgeonfishes have long guts with specialized bacteria that help ferment and digest plant matter. They are effective grazers and provide important ecosystem services by clearing filamentous algae in young reefs, allowing corals to colonize and grow. #SlugsVsFishes 2/-
Some other herbivorous fishes, like parrot fishes, take this a step further. Their teeth are fused into a sharp, powerful beak, which they use to rasp at rock and live coral. Not only do they eat surface algae, they also eat symbiotic algae growing within live coral tissue! 3/-
