iheartnudibranchs:rhamphotheca:secretofthesea:  Lettuce Sea Slug One of their more notable characteristics is a pair of stalked rhinophores or horns located at the head of the slug.  Elysia crispata resembles the aeloid nudibranchs, but is not closely related. It’s a heterobranch, a sap-suckling sea slug - named for its ingestion of the internal contents of algae. :3 View high resolution

iheartnudibranchs:rhamphotheca:secretofthesea:  Lettuce Sea Slug

One of their more notable characteristics is a pair of stalked rhinophores or horns located at the head of the slug.

 Elysia crispata resembles the aeloid nudibranchs, but is not closely related. It’s a heterobranch, a sap-suckling sea slug - named for its ingestion of the internal contents of algae.

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