Project Description

Cyerce sp. 4 (NSSI) | Honeycomb Butterfly Seaslug

The body of this animal can easily be seen because its translucent cerata. It can, however, effortlessly blend in with its environment thanks to the brown reticulation and white spots in its cerata, head, and rhinophores. It’s a popular subject for underwater macro photographers.

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  • species: Cyerce nigra (Tiger Butterfly Seaslug)

  • family: Caliphyllidae

  • clade: Sacoglossa

  • class: Gastropoda

  • photographer: Liang Fu

  • location: Romblon Island

www.the-three-p.com-romblon-island-underwater-macro-photography-scuba-blackwater-diving-philippines-cyerce-sp.-4-by-rob-lee

  • species: Cyerce nigra (Tiger Butterfly Seaslug)

  • family: Caliphyllidae

  • clade: Sacoglossa

  • class: Gastropoda

  • photographer: Liang Fu

  • location: Romblon Island

www.the-three-p.com-romblon-island-underwater-macro-photography-scuba-blackwater-diving-philippines-cyerce-sp-4-christophe-kazmierski-2019

  • species: Cyerce nigra (Tiger Butterfly Seaslug)

  • family: Caliphyllidae

  • clade: Sacoglossa

  • class: Gastropoda

  • photographer: Liang Fu

  • location: Romblon Island