Summary[edit] Description: The bright colors warn predators of its bad taste,. It can swim by making a series of quick lateral, U-shaped bends to its body, first to one side, then to the other, as seen here. It feeds on hydroids. I wanted it to straighten out, but that is not its MO. Date: 17 June 2011, 17:25. Source: Spanish Shawl Nudibranch (Flabellina iodinea). Author: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif.
Description: The Spanish shawl, Flabellina iodinea, is a species of aolid nudibranch, a very colorful sea slug. This is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae. Date: 11 September 2004, 16:07. Source: Spanish Shawl Uploaded by berichard. Author: Ed Bierman from CA, usa. Camera location34° 01′ 50.2″ N, 119° 40′ 12.45″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 34.030611; -119.670124.