Nembrotha cristata
like most nudibranchs this species has no official common name. they can be found in tropical Indo-Western Pacific oceans. they grow up to 50mm in length and their body is black but their external organs are edged in a almost neon green like color. they are poisonous and get their poison from the stinging cells of fallen Cnidarians.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-*-Polyceroidea-Polyceridae-Nembrothinae-Nembrotha
*Clades: Heterobranchia,Euthynerua,Nudipleura,Nudibranchia,Euctenidacea,Doridacea
WHy don’t nudibranches have common names?
can i give it one? Can I call them butterfly slugs?
I call this one Midnight mint buttefly slug.
For some odd reason, I see a Poison Dragon from Deagonvale……