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Variable Neon Slug/Nudibranch

Nembrotha Kurbayana

Description:

Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. Nudibranch are hermaphrodite, meaning reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Sometimes, when Nudibranch are pairing, there is 'courting' ritual which is like a fight between the 2. I saw a documentary before, explaining this behaviour (although I cannot be sure if this is true or not) as the loser being the one to produce the eggs. This is because, having to produce eggs, it will need to feeds more to get nutrients for this purpose, whereas the 'male' will just moves on.

Habitat:

Tropical reefs.

Notes:

The location map shows it is in Indonesia but it should be in Malaysia

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8 Comments

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Thanks, @Ashley for this honour! :)

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Congrats Albert, your colorful Sea Slug has made the top 10 other spottings in the '2015 Best Wildlife Photo' mission! Rangers are voting on the top 10 other spottings, and the top 3 will be announced on February 7th. The top 3 spottings will be commented on here on the site, but make sure you keep a look out on our Facebook app page for the announcement as well! Congratulations on making the top 10! https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Thanks, @Luis and @Gilma.
This species of Nudibranch is actually fairly common :)

Amazing colors!! Thank you for sharing, AlbertKang

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 8 years ago

Wonderful spotting Albert.

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 8 years ago

Thanks, @venusflytrap2000 and @andrew :)

andreweleighton
andreweleighton 8 years ago

I love this type of nudibranch! :) Very cool.

CalebSteindel
CalebSteindel 8 years ago

stunning photo, simply amazing colors, albert! keep up the good work!

AlbertKang
Spotted by
AlbertKang

Indonesia

Spotted on May 12, 2015
Submitted on May 15, 2015

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