




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!
生息地: Kelp forests and rocky substrates in shallow marine environments
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.





カテゴリ
Invertebrateレア度
Common
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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"!
Monterey Dorid has a lumpy, textured body that helps them blend perfectly with sponges and rocks.
Monterey Dorid can absorb defensive chemicals from its sponge diet, making it taste terrible to predators.
Monterey Dorid uses its horn-like rhinophores to detect chemical trails of food and other dorids.
This sea slug is a carnivore that dines exclusively on sponges, scraping them off surfaces.
Haliclona californiana
Feeds on this common encrusting sponge.
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus
Larger fish may occasionally prey on them.
Pisaster ochraceus
Sea stars sometimes consume slow-moving invertebrates.
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7 cm
1.5 年
This sea slug is a carnivore that dines exclusively on sponges, scraping them off surfaces.
Kelp forests and rocky substrates in shallow marine environments
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