日本のダイバーが撮影したウミウシの画像が、海外で話題になっている。ネットメディア、Boredpandaが「海のウサギ」と紹介すると「かわいい」「動くなんて信じられない」などのコメントが寄せられ、16万以上のFacebookいいね！を獲得した。
この生き物は、「ゴマフビロードウミウシ」。日本のほかにもフィリピン、タンザニアなどに生息している。もちろん動く。
ウミウシ 画像集
2012-10-19 Cabrillo Acquarium 095(01 of39)
Spanish shawls are hermaphrodites, which means they have both male and female sex organs. However, self-fertilisation very rarely occurs. When threatened by other predators, they can gracefully move away by flexing their body strongly and pushing off from the substrate and into midwater.\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_shawl (credit:tracie7779/Flickr)
Danaë(02 of39)
(credit:Minette Layne/Flickr)
Nudibranches - Mexichromis cf. Mariei(03 of39)
(credit:prilfish/Flickr)
nudibranch(04 of39)
(credit:sarsifa/Flickr)
2012-10-19 Cabrillo Acquarium 097(05 of39)
The Spanish Shawl has been found off the coast of Santa Catalina Island, California.[1] It has also been found off the coast of San Diego, California.\n\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_shawl (credit:tracie7779/Flickr)
¡Festiva!(06 of39)
Tritonia festiva (credit:Minette Layne/Flickr)
nigris marginata, sea slug(07 of39)
(credit:The Hantu Blog/Flickr)
Bullocki nudibranch(08 of39)
(credit:The Hantu Blog/Flickr)
In the eelgrass(09 of39)
Frosted nudibranch (Dirona albolineata) (credit:Minette Layne/Flickr)
Yellow nudi(10 of39)
Doriopsilla carneola\nAltona Pier (credit:Saspotato/Flickr)
gill of nudibranch(11 of39)
(credit:sarsifa/Flickr)
(12 of39)
(credit:Minette Layne/Flickr)
(13 of39)
(credit:Minette Layne/Flickr)
Nudibranch(14 of39)
Sea slug under the Seaventures rig, Pulau Mabul. Sabah, Malaysia. Some kind of chromodoris - lochi? (credit:dachalan/Flickr)
Sacoglossa-Aplysiopsis elegans(15 of39)
Clovelly, Sydney, NSW (credit:Sylke Rohrlach/Flickr)
Yogurberry Nudibranch-Splendid Chromodoris-Chromodoris splendida(16 of39)
Fly Point, Port Stephens, NSW\nDiet: Sponges\nSpeciality: Mantle glands which contain chemicals that are distasteful to fish. The chemicals are from the sponges they feed on.\nDiscovered: 1864, Angas (credit:Sylke Rohrlach/Flickr)
Nudibrach of Lembeh(17 of39)
(credit:Nazir Amin/Flickr)
Sea slugs(18 of39)
Blue dragon nudibranch and Phyllidia sea slug (credit:The Hantu Blog/Flickr)
Chromodoris(19 of39)
Another one. (credit:PacificKlaus/Flickr)
Hypselodoris benneti(20 of39)
Always a nice color contrast with the brownish algae cover. (credit:PacificKlaus/Flickr)
Nudibrach of Lembeh(21 of39)
(credit:Nazir Amin/Flickr)
Nudibrach of Lembeh(22 of39)
(credit:Nazir Amin/Flickr)
Sea Lemon Nudibranch(23 of39)
This guy was about 5 inches long. When I originally was spotting nudibranchs they were only the size of my thumbnail. This is huge. These are a form of sea slugs. (credit:Travis S./Flickr)
Chromodoris(24 of39)
(credit:PacificKlaus/Flickr)
Nudibranch(25 of39)
Nudibranch numbers are slightly down since the summer, but I still come across many of these pretty sea slugs. (credit:PacificKlaus/Flickr)
Tambja verconis(26 of39)
This is the nudi which made my dive today. Absolutely flamboyant colors! (credit:PacificKlaus/Flickr)
Circlet(27 of39)
Detail of the brachial plume of the Rufous-tipped dorid nudibranch (Acanthodoris nanaimoensis) (credit:Minette Layne/Flickr)
Chromodoris Sinensis(28 of39)
Sai Kung, Hong Kong (credit:EugeneLimPhotography.com/Flickr)
Sea Slug Chromodoris annae(29 of39)
Bunaken, Sulawesi, INDONESIA (credit:berniedup/Flickr)
Chromodoris willani(30 of39)
There is a huge number of nudibranchs belonging to the genus chromodoris. Their body shape is always similar, the patterns on their dorsal surface are varied. (credit:PacificKlaus/Flickr)
Chromodoris splendida(31 of39)
Nice nudibranch near Kurnell, Sydney area. Lots of nudis out these days. (credit:PacificKlaus/Flickr)
Batwing slug(32 of39)
Sagaminopteron ornatum\nNepean Bay (credit:Saspotato/Flickr)
Nudibrach of Lembeh(33 of39)
(credit:Nazir Amin/Flickr)
Sea slug(34 of39)
(credit:The Hantu Blog/Flickr)
Glaucilla marginata...blue bottles eater in a green bucket(35 of39)
(credit:pierre pouliquin/Flickr)
Blue dragon-glaucus atlanticus(36 of39)
Fadenschnecke\nwashed ashore at Bondi Beach, Sydney\nDiet: Bluebottle (physalia physalis)\nSpeciality: Stores stinging nematocysts from the bluebottle within its own tissues, which is additional protection from predation\nDiscovered: 1777, Forster (credit:Sylke Rohrlach/Flickr)
(37 of39)
(credit:Minette Layne/Flickr)
Sea slug(38 of39)
(credit:The Hantu Blog/Flickr)
(39 of39)
(credit:Minette Layne/Flickr)
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