Sea Swallow

Glaucus atlanticus

Summary 2

Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, blue dragon, blue sea slug and blue ocean slug) is a species of small, blue sea slug, a pelagic aeolid nudibranch, a shell-less gastropod mollusk in the family Glaucidae.

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  1. (c) Sylke Rohrlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/87895263@N06/8599051974/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus

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iNat Map

Taxonomy:phylum Mollusca
Taxonomy:class Gastropoda