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Blue Sea Slug Glaucus atlanticus and Porpita Porpita pacifica
This brilliant Blue Sea Slug is beautifully adapted for life floating upside down in the sea and is often found with the beautiful blue jellyfish Porpita. Blue Sea Slugs feed almost exclusively on the tentacles of 'Bluebottles'. Interestingly, the nematocysts (stinging cells) on these tentacles pass through the Blue Sea Slug intact. The slug can then use these stinging cells in its own defence.
Photo: Peter Parks © 2001 by Image Quest 3-D
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Copyright © Australian Museum 2002
