Sea Butterflies

Spectacular Corolla (Corolla spectabilis)

Di kenal juga dengan Sea Snails, Sea Butterflies, Sea Butterfly, Potato Chip, Potato Chip of the Sea.

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Found sometimes in large aggregations floating and swimming freely in the water and carried along by the currents.
Thecosomata beat their wing-like parapodia to “fly” through the water.
They hunt at night migrating vertically in the water column following the plankton and return to deeper waters during the day.
They feed on plankton.
Length – 4cm
Depth – 0-?m
Widespread Western Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and Mediterranean

These creatures are important in the food chain and are consumed by birds, whales and large fish

 

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