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Aeolidia loui, aka the ‘shag-rug nudibranch’, is an aeolid nudibranch known to live around the west coast of North America. They feed on sea anemones, and can even use the algal symbionts originally within the anemones they eat for extra sugar production!

Photo source - dpom on iNaturalist

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Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:01:12
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