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Sap-Sucking Sea Slug
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
An illustration of Cyerce sp., a genus of sacoglossa sea slug. They are referred to as sacoglossa, or sap-sucking, because they subsist on the fluid sucked from algae.
Subject: original field drawing in Bartsch/s notebook on nudibranchs (page 77 - labeled: L 10 - 28W 7 124 - 29E Artist: unknown Published: Unpublished...original field drawing in Bartsch’s notebook on nudibranchs.
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- Title: Sap-Sucking Sea Slug
- Type: Illustration
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): 1205501
- Scientific Name: <i>Cyerce sp.</i>
- Photo Credit: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Invertebrate Zoology
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