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Trippa osseosa. Without a shell, nudibranch sea-slugs have developed other ways to protect themselves from attack. Many sponge-feeding dorids have evolved a coloured and textured skin to match that of their food. Commonly found in the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans (35mm).

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