Nudibranchs

=Nudibranchs: Toxic Rainbows of the Sea=

**Nudibranch Workshop**
A Dorid Nudibranch || An Aeolid Nudibranch || || ====
 * [[image:P1240767-1.JPG width="328" height="231"]]
 * [[image:P1240816-1.JPG]]

In this display you can...

 * ====Make a clay nudibranch in The Workshop.====
 * ====Colour in a sea anemone for the coral reef.====
 * ====Make a working model of a nematocyst.====
 * ====Marvel at the stunning photographic images.==== ||

There are more than 3,000 known species - new ones are found almost daily!
=Nudi Bodies=
 * [[image:nudibranchs1.jpg width="297" height="202"]] || [[image:nudibranch9.jpg width="265" height="205"]] || [[image:nudibranch5.jpg width="181" height="207"]] ||
 * [[image:nudibranch4.jpg width="294" height="185"]] || [[image:nudibranch8.jpg width="264" height="182"]] || [[image:nudibranchs2.jpg width="190" height="182"]] ||
 * [[image:nudibranch15.jpg width="293" height="204"]] || [[image:nudibranchs3.jpg width="262" height="215"]] || [[image:nudibranch11.jpg width="179" height="219"]] ||
 * [[image:nudibranch6.jpg width="299" height="207"]] || [[image:nudibranch13.jpg width="266" height="212"]] || [[image:nudibranch12.jpg width="171" height="217"]] ||
 * [[image:nudibranch14.jpg width="296" height="239"]] || [[image:nudibranch7.jpg width="266" height="238"]] || [[image:nudibranch10.jpg width="180" height="237"]] ||

**Dorid** (humped) and **aeolid** (feathery) nudibranchs look different....

 * [[image:nudi1.gif]]

A dorid nudibranch
|| ====Nudibranchs have very small eyes that only sense light====

Oxygen also enters directly through the mantle skin.
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 * [[image:nudi2.gif]]

An aeolid nudibranch
|| ====The mantle in aeolid nudis extends into bizarre shapes -====

touch.
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A Nudi Dinner: Weapons in Disguise....
Anemones || Hydroids || Soft Coral || Sea sponges || Algae || Barnacles ||
 * [[image:sea_anemone2.jpg width="208" height="156"]]
 * [[image:seasponge.jpg width="205" height="172"]]

The colours help camouflage the slug while the poisons and stings help defend them.
=Nudi Links:=
 * [[image:nudibranch_site.gif]]

... Nudibranchs for **Juniors [|here]**
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 * [[image:nudi3.jpg width="274" height="195"]][[image:nudi4.jpg width="276" height="193"]]

Nudibranch Photo Gallery **[|here]**.......................NZ Nudibranchs **[|here]**
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