A Glaucus atlanticus nudibranch washed up on a beach in Queensland Australia. Its body is white and it has dark blue stripes on its body and dark blue tips to its ceratta.
Photographer Taro Nudibranch
Glaucus atlanticus
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Glaucidae
I found this nudibranch washed up on Surfers Paradise Beach in Queensland, Australia. It was about 35 mm in length. Glaucus atlanticus are often washed up on beaches along with Physalia Jellyfish (a.k.a Portuguese Man Of War or Bluebottle Jellyfish). The reason for this is that Glaucus feed on Physalia and are also at the mercy of the ocean currents and winds.
A Glaucus atlanticus nudibranch washed up on a beach in Queensland Australia. Its body is white and it has dark blue stripes on its body and dark blue tips to its ceratta.