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Sea slugs

Sea slugs
Sea slugs
Sea slugs
Sea slugs
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Whalen, Kristen
Sea slugs
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04/18/2007
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These images are restricted and cannot be used without permission from Kristen Whalen.
Used in Oceanus magazine, vo. 47 n. 1, December 2008 for the Through the Lens photo on page 2.
Image Of the Day caption:
Speckled like giraffes, (flamingo tongue) snails (Cyphoma gibbosum) glide on the branches of a soft coral called black sea rod. The snails voraciously graze on coral polyps (white dots) and leave behind white translucent egg masses. The corals produce noxious chemicals to deter predators, but the snails have evolved biochemical counterweapons that detoxify the coral compounds.
Photo by Kristen Whalen
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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