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A nudibranch showing a closeup of their fleshy, tentacle-like growths, called cerata.

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How Sea Slugs Steal the Defenses of Their Prey

January 2014

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Nine small invertebrates held on two fingers.

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On Biodiversity: Understanding its Meaning and Importance

August 2011

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Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

May 2012

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This shrimp is colored to fit in - probably why they are common members of the seaweed community.

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

May 2012

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