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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION:
The Nudibranch or Spanish Dancer is a bright coloured type of sea slug. As you can see above it's called Spanish Dancer
because when it swims it moves like a spanish dancers skirt. Nudibranchs are hermaphrodites (both male and female).
WHERE IT'S FOUND:
Nudibranchs are found in coral reefs around the world. They are mostly found in the Great Barrier Reef.
DEFENCE MECHANISMS:
The spanish dancer has few defence mechanisms but they are very effective. One of them is when an animal tries to eat
a nudibranch they discover the taste is completly and utterly disgusting. The other is stolen weapons. Nudibranchs take stinging
tentacles off anenomes and lots of defence mechanisms from other stinging organisms.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
DISCOVER AND LEARN VOLUME 6---Amazing Facts about Australian Marine Life, Steve Parish & Pat Slater,Steve Parish Publishing
Pty Ltd,1997,Fortitute Valley, Queensland, Australia
04160034.jpg (JPEG Image, 600x450 pixels),
http://www.bunny.hu/travel/Australia/FishRock/04160034.jpg
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