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Monterey Dorid

doris montereyensis

The Monterey Dorid is a colorful sea slug that glides gracefully over the ocean floor. It has a soft body covered in vibrant patterns, making it a beautiful sight in the water!

Lebensraum: Kelp forests and rocky substrates in shallow marine environments

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The Monterey Dorid is a sea slug with a lumpy, white to yellowish body, covered in many small, wart-like bumps. It has two horn-like sensory organs called rhinophores and a feathery gill plume on its back, giving it a distinctive textured look.

ReichAnimaliaStammMolluscaKlasseGastropodaOrdnungNudibranchiaFamilieDorididaeGattungDoris
Monterey Dorid
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Monterey Dorid

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Despite being slow, they crawl on a muscular 'foot' along the ocean floor.

Monterey Dorids lay their eggs in beautiful, spiraling ribbons on rocks or kelp.

The feathery plume on its back is actually how this sea slug breathes underwater.

They belong to a group called nudibranchs, which means "naked gills"!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Bumpy Camouflage

Monterey Dorid has a lumpy, textured body that helps them blend perfectly with sponges and rocks.

Fähigkeit

Toxic Shield

Monterey Dorid can absorb defensive chemicals from its sponge diet, making it taste terrible to predators.

Fähigkeit

Underwater Sniffer

Monterey Dorid uses its horn-like rhinophores to detect chemical trails of food and other dorids.

Maße und Details

Länge
7 cm
Lebenserwartung
1.5 Jahre

Ernährung und Fütterung

This sea slug is a carnivore that dines exclusively on sponges, scraping them off surfaces.

Hauptnahrung

  • Haliclona californiana
  • Leucandra spp.
  • Hymenamphiastra euphylleoides

Nahrungssuche

  • Grazing

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

California Haliclona

Haliclona californiana

Feeds on this common encrusting sponge.

eaten by

Cabezon

Scorpaenichthys marmoratus

Larger fish may occasionally prey on them.

eaten by

Ochre Sea Star

Pisaster ochraceus

Sea stars sometimes consume slow-moving invertebrates.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

California Sea SlugDoris SlugKelp Slug

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Monterey Dorid?

7 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Monterey Dorid?

1.5 Jahre

Was frisst Monterey Dorid?

This sea slug is a carnivore that dines exclusively on sponges, scraping them off surfaces.

Wo findet man Monterey Dorid normalerweise?

Kelp forests and rocky substrates in shallow marine environments

Wie jagt Monterey Dorid?

Grazing

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