Image of hermissenda
Description:
These nudibranch carnivores feed principally on hydroids, anemones and corals and store their prey's nematocysts (stinging cells) in the dorsal processes , useful for defense. Length 35 mm, depth 10 m.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Heterobranchia
- Nudibranchia (Nudibranchs)
- Cladobranchia
- Aeolidioidea
- Hermissenda
- Hermissenda crassicornis (hermissenda)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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