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Nudibranch, also called sea slug, any of the marine gastropods that constitute the order Nudibranchia (subclass Opisthobranchia of the class Gastropoda).

The delicately coloured body has bizarre outgrowths, called cerata, which serve a defensive function, discharging nematocysts that the nudibranch has ingested from cnidarian prey.

Once the cnidae have matured within the nudibranch, they can be used in its own defense.

In some cases, however, sponges are eaten by other organisms; e.g., mollusks gastropods such as snails and nudibranch slugs, prosobranchs such as Patella and Littorina, and chitons some crustaceans, and some fishes (especially on coral reefs).

Luminous mollusks include Pholas (a bivalve), Phyllirrhoe (a floating nudibranch), Planaxis (a marine gastropod), Latia (a freshwater limpet), and squids (cephalopods).

The outrageously flamboyant and diverse sea slugs or nudibranchs: the "Fried Egg" nudibranch laying an egg mass à la slime.

Hydroids are victimized by nudibranchs that bite through the chitinous skeleton or crawl into its openings.

Occurring worldwide in warm seas are the blue sea slug (Glaucus marina, or G. atlanticus) and the doridacean nudibranchs such as Doris and Glossodoris.

Among the most remarkable are the nudibranchs that eat anemones and hydroids and then sequester certain types of immature, undischarged cnidae from the prey.

Nudibranchs occur in the shallow waters of all the world's oceans, where they feed chiefly on other invertebrates, particularly sea anemones.

An unusual feature found in several kinds of land slugs, some nudibranchs, and the neogastropod marine family Harpidae is the ability to self-amputate the posterior portion of the foot, which remains wriggling violently to distract a predator while the anterior foot and visceral mass creep slowly away to safety.