Does this qualify as a nudibranch?

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Does this qualify as a nudibranch?

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He's to cute to be called a slug and I'm not sure thats a hard shell
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Re: Does this qualify as a nudibranch?

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I think it's a smooth velvet snail (Velutina prolongata), based on its shape and the coloring on the tentacles and edge of the foot. Not a nudie, but often mistaken for one.
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those are some grate pictures though
and the detail is grate notice the blueish black dot looks like it could be a eye
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Beautiful, great shots!
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sparky wrote:those are some grate pictures though
and the detail is grate notice the blueish black dot looks like it could be a eye
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Thanks guys, As for the eyes, that they are but how funtional they are I'm not sure. Maybe just light sensing but who knows many of the nudibranchs have the reminates of eyes which at one time were funtional but no longer serve any purpose. Since these guys are are shallow water critters and the eye stalks are attached with the rinophores which are also sensing organs one could assume that they function.
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