File:Melibe leonina.jpg

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The Hooded Nudibranch, Melibe leonina, is also called the Lion Nudibranch. This mollusk is almost transparent with a slight yellowish-green cast. Unlike other nudibranchs, Melibe have no radula and M. Leonina has no jaws. It uses its oral hood, lined with 2 rows of tentacles to capture prey. Found in offshore kelpbeds and eelgrass meadows.

  • Image ID: nerr0799, NOAA's Estuarine Research Reserve Collection
  • Location: North Puget Sound, Anacortes, Washington
Source http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/nerr0799.htm
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current09:15, 15 May 2007Thumbnail for version as of 09:15, 15 May 20071,596 × 1,352 (1.28 MB)Bricktop (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information |Description= The Hooded Nudibranch, ''Melibe leonina'', is also called the Lion Nudibranch. This mollusk is almost transparent with a slight yellowish-green cast. Unlike other nudibranchs, Melibe have no radula and M. Leonina

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