An 'extremely rare' bright rainbow sea slug, known for its striking colors, was found in a U.K. rock pool.
May 16, 2023 / 10:24 AMVicky Barlow has seen"some amazing wildlife" in her time spent searching through United Kingdom rock pools. But over the weekend, she came across something that she says was"extra special" – an"extremely rare" rainbow sea slug. over the weekend that she had been searching for a spider crab in Falmouth with The Rock Pool Project, a local nonprofit that seeks to connect people to marine wildlife.
"Like most nudibranchs it had quite the personality, rearing up to get a better look at its surroundings, and using its tentacle-like 'cerata' along its back to make itself appear bigger if one of our hands got too close," she wrote in her blog post. Seeing a rainbow sea slug, whose scientific name is Babakina anadoni, in the area is part of the"massive changes" sea life has experienced in the Southwest U.K. in recent years, marine biologist Ben Holt, who also works for The Rock Pool Project, toldThe animals thrive in warm water and are typically found off the coasts of Spain, Portugal and France. Earlier this year, a report from the National Oceanography Centre found that sea surface temperatures around the U.K.
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