Wine Red Aeolid
Hermosita sangria
- Group: Nudibranch
- Max size: 7 cm
- For divers: safe
A wine red sea slug about 7 centimetres long, it lives on and feeds on the branching hydroid Solanderia. Rows of slender projections cover its back, and it stores the hydroid's stinging cells in their tips to turn against predators.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Nudibranchia › Facelinidae › Hermosita
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 536570.
FAQ
- Is the Wine Red Aeolid dangerous to divers?
- The Wine Red Aeolid is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Wine Red Aeolid get?
- The Wine Red Aeolid grows to about 7 cm.