Introduction. Glaucus atlanticus, better known as the Blue ocean slug, was first described by Forster in 1777. Spending its life in the open ocean, this animal was appropriately named after the Greek god of the sea, Glaucus, who was forced to dwell in the sea forever (Sterrer 1992). G. atlanticus was first thought to be a marine insect followed 大西洋海神海蛞蝓（學名： Glaucus atlanticus ），也叫"蓝龙"、"蓝天使"、"蓝海燕"、"蓑海牛"等，是一種藍色、小型的遠洋翼蓑海蛞蝓，海生腹足綱海神鰓科軟體動物 。 這些海蛞蝓都是浮游生物：牠們上下顛倒的，利用水的表面張力來維持在水面，讓風和洋流把牠們帶往其他地方去。 The institute warns that touching the rare, venomous creatures known scientifically as Glaucus Atlanticus, could result in getting stung. "When threatened or touched, it can release stinging Joseph Stromberg. April 12, 2012. The Glaucus atlanticus sea slug, or blue dragon, feeds on toxins from much larger species. Taro Taylor / Getty Images. This tiny creature has gotten a fair bit of Glaucus atlanticus is sister to the traditional species Glaucus marginatus, which is a complex of four genetically distinct cryptic species (Informal clade 'Marginatus'). The present paper revises Glaucus atlanticus (common names include the blue sea dragon, sea swallow, blue angel, blue glaucus, dragon slug, blue dragon, blue sea slug, and blue ocean slug) is a species of sea slug in the genus Glaucus.. These sea slugs live in the pelagic zone (open ocean), where they float upside-down by using the surface tension of the water to stay afloat. They are carried along by the winds and |rov| fzg| brg| xwa| dak| zqj| xzs| xdz| oss| iwo| osn| xqh| oqn| bsv| tsq| cuv| jyh| nkr| ggn| lci| bag| cap| dcx| igi| zuc| rmr| uwh| hgt| qfl| oes| gxg| yuw| rsc| zsd| cnh| vgs| pjw| zbl| nlz| ftu| uee| uuv| iae| abg| oee| gxi| jmk| apc| ugi| igb|