Common clione (Clione limacina). This is a sea angel, a type of sea slug. Sea angels are free-swimming sea slugs that inhabit the cold northern oceans

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Common clione (Clione limacina). This is a sea angel, a type of sea slug. Sea angels are free-swimming sea slugs that inhabit the cold northern oceans of the world. They are simultaneous hermaphrodites, possessing both male and female sexual organs. Photographed in the White Sea, Russia.

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Photo credit: © ALEXANDER SEMENOV/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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