Image: Blue dragon-glaucus atlanticus (8599051974)
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Description: Also known as Sea Swallow, Blue Glaucus, Blue Sea Slug, Blue Ocean Slug and Lizard Nudibranch. Washed ashore at Bronte Beach, Sydney, NSW. Diet: Bluebottle (physalia physalis) Speciality: Stores stinging nematocysts from the bluebottle within its own tissues, which is additional protection from predation Discovered: 1777, Forster.
Title: Blue dragon-glaucus atlanticus (8599051974)
Credit: Blue dragon-glaucus atlanticus
Author: Sylke Rohrlach from Sydney
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