bogleech:libutron:faustinepau:Fuzzy (par MerMate)Costasiella sp. found on Avrainvillea sp. algae, wi
bogleech:libutron:faustinepau:Fuzzy (par MerMate)Costasiella sp. found on Avrainvillea sp. algae, with a ribbon of eggs.Beautiful photo of a cute Costasiella sea slug, showing the tiny black ocelli close together between the pair of long and dark rhinophores, and the cerata (finger-like projections), pink at the tips and filled with green stuff.This is one of the genus in the Limapontiidae family (order Sacoglossa) whose species have the ability to symbiotically retain functional chloroplasts within cells of the digestive tract.I wonder how many people scrolled by thinking this was an artichoke or a cactus on their dash.Everyone take a moment to appreciate that it has a little white face with ridiculous beady black eyes (and yes, those really are the eyes) -- source link
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