Image: Sea Slugs Illustration
Description
Sea Slugs are about 4 cm long. They are often brightly coloured. They have a pair of antennae on their head. These sea slugs have a blue or blue and white underside. They are silvery-grey coloured on top. They float on the surface of the ocean belly-side up.
- Illustrator:
- Andrew Howells
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
- Common name:
- Sea Slugs
- Scientific name:
- Glaucus atlanticus
Additional information
Sea Slugs are about 4 cm long. They are often brightly coloured. They have a pair of antennae on their head. These sea slugs have a blue or blue and white underside. They are silvery-grey coloured on top. They float on the surface of the ocean belly-side up.
Sea Slugs live around the world in temperate and tropical waters.
Sea Slugs eat Bluebottles.
Sea birds and fish eat Sea Slugs.
Sea Slugs float belly-side up to avoid being eaten by predators. Their colouring camouflages them well as they drift along on the ocean currents.
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