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Molluscs
Pipek's phyllidiopsis
Yellow-warted phyllidia
Spanish dancer
Spanish dancer
Gloomy nudibranch
Brown striped nembrotha
Chamberlain's nembrotha
Black and green sea slug
Sparrowhawk doris
Magnificent doris
Bullock's hypselodoris
Hypselodoris apolegma
Co’s chromodoris
Black margined nudibranch
Blue dragon
Girdled glossodoris
How different are the animals in this family! To put it simply, there are three types:
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bivalves, the so-called "shells", such as oysters or scallops,
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cephalopods, such as octopus, squid or cuttlefish,
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and last but not least, the gastropods which, under the sea, display a profusion of shapes and colors to delight all divers, whether photographers or not.
They may have a shell (cones, snails) or not (slugs). The main part of this page is devoted to nudibranchs, incredibly varied slugs. Their resplendent colors are a defense: they warn predators that they are indigestible, sometimes even toxic.
Common reef octopus
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