Pyjama Nudibranch, Chromodoris quadricolor, on a coral in Egypt.

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This species of sea slug is commonly found in the Red Sea . It's bright orange framed body with dark-blue to black and white stripes is signaling that it is poisonous. The slug obtains it's poison form it's natural prey a red firesponge, Latrunculia magnifica. Most nudibranch are very colorful, which indicates some kind on toxin in their body as a defense strategy against predators. Sea slugs are often hermaphrodites, meaning one individual contains both sexual organs. But they can't fertilize themselves and still have to mate with another nudibranch.

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Size: 5653px × 3701px
Location: Egypt
Photo credit: © Malcolm Ross / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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