page_title: Nudibranch
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Nudibranch / References
caption_attribution_description: The seaslug Dirona albolineata at Sund Rock in Hood Canal.
context_page_description: Nudibranchs are a widespread and successful group of marine Gastropod molluscs. The name means 'naked gills'. They are shelless and uncoiled Gastropods, famous for their brilliant colours. There are more than 3000 known species.
  Nudibranchs are one of the groups which are informally known as sea slugs. This is a term which includes other Gastropod groups which look similar to nudibranchs. Sea slugs is an informal term; it is not a monophyletic group.
context_section_description: Uncoiling of the typical gastropod body shape, see garden snail.
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  Piper, Ross 2007. Extraordinary animals: an encyclopedia of curious and unusual animals. Greenwood Press.
  Frick K. 2003. Predator suites and Flabellinid Nudibranch nematocyst complements in the Gulf of Maine. In: SF Norton (ed). Diving for Science. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 22nd Annual Scientific Diving Symposium. url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4744
  Hans Bertsch, Nudibranchs: Marine slugs with verve. Navanax inermis[..] is the bane of all nudibranchs, because it is one of the few known predators on this group of slugs. [...] Dorids mainly eat sponges, bryozoans and tunicates, whereas eolids principally eat cnidarians.
  studying, Jennifer Kennedy Jennifer Kennedy is an environmental educator who has more than 20 years of experience; Oceans, Educating the Public About the. "12 Interesting Facts About Nudibranch Sea Slugs". ThoughtCo.
caption: The frosted nudibranch Dirona albolineata
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