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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!

Hábitat: Kelp forests and rocky substrates in shallow marine environments

Aspecto

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.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloMolluscaClaseGastropodaOrdenNudibranchiaFamiliaDorididaeGéneroDoris
Monterey Dorid
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Monterey Dorid

Categoría

Invertebrate

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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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"!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Bumpy Camouflage

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

Habilidad

Toxic Shield

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

Habilidad

Underwater Sniffer

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

Medidas y detalles

Longitud
7 cm
Esperanza de vida
1.5 años

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • Haliclona californiana
  • Leucandra spp.
  • Hymenamphiastra euphylleoides

Método de búsqueda

  • Grazing

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

También conocido como

California Sea SlugDoris SlugKelp Slug

Colecciones

Seguridad

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el longitud de Monterey Dorid?

7 cm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Monterey Dorid?

1.5 años

¿Qué come Monterey Dorid?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Monterey Dorid?

Kelp forests and rocky substrates in shallow marine environments

¿Cómo caza Monterey Dorid?

Grazing

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