glaucus atlanticus

scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

(unranked):

clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura

clade Nudipleura

clade Nudibranchia

clade Dexiarchia

clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida

Superfamily: Aeolidioidea

Family: Glaucidae

Genus:

Species:

evolutionary species

The Glaucus atlanticus is a sea slog that means that the evolution of the is past ancient slugs .

evolutionary facts

Time line

millions of years ago

550- 500 355 50 5 present day

worms/ land slugs

crabs

glaucus

fish

Cladogram tree

opisthobranchs

The primitive sea slug were a herbivorous animal that feeds on plankton and decaying matter on the ocean floor, along with grazing on the rocks and coral reefs for algae.

Decomposing plant matter on the ocean floor,

Glaucus

The Glaucus floes on the water currents, they eat bigger animals that them like jellyfish and then the they extract the jelly poison to used to kill other animals, including humans on the beach.

At maturity Glaucus atlanticus can be up to 3 centimeters (1.2 in) in length. It is silvery grey on its dorsal side and dark and pale blue ventrally. It has dark blue stripes on its head. It has a flat, tapering body and six appendages that branch out into rayed, finger-like cerata.

Glaucus

Adaptations

Although there are multiple adaptations that the Blue Glaucus has developed, there are five that are far more influential than the rest. One of the first adaptations noticed by people is the coloration. The blue and gray on the body create a phenomenon known as counter shading. This means that the slug camouflages with the water. Animals below it can not see it, and animals from above can't either.

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Adaptations

Another noticeable part of the Blue Glaucus is its venom. This venom is received from its prey, mainly the Portuguese Man o' War. Inside of the slugs body, it makes the venom even more potent and mixes it with venom from other prey. If necessary, it will sting foes with the venom via its cerata. This sting can potentially be deadly to a human.

The third adaptation is the air bubble inside of the Blue Glaucus' stomach. This is important as it keeps the slug afloat. This is necessary to allow it to find its floating prey and to keep it on the surface to allow counter shading.

Next is that it instinctively lies on its back. If it did not do this, counter shading would fail and the organism would be a sitting duck for predators.

Finally, it lays eggs on floating objects. This allows the baby slugs to develop their egg sacks and not fall to the bottom of the ocean. If they did not do this, the species would not exist, as this is critical in the reproductive process.

effects?

Like most nudibranchs, this species incorporates toxic chemicals or stinging cells from its prey into its own skin. This ability provides the blue glaucus with a defense mechanism against predation. ... The creature often floats on its backside, showing its brightly colored underbelly to airborne predators.

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Effects

The blue dragon not only clings to the Portuguese man o’ war's tentacles, but can consume their toxic nematocyst cells and store them for later in little sacs to sting predators, the publication reported. This allows their own sting to be potentially even more intense than a Portuguese man o’ war.

so if the blue dragon is resistant to any toxin that can be presented in they environment...

i think that in the future they can hurt really a human

they use this

Glaucus atlanticus was recently found in the Humboldt Current ecosystem in Peru in 2013, and off Andhra Pradesh in India in 2012. This is in line with the known habitat characteristics of the species: they live in warm temperate climates in the Southern Pacific, and in circumtropical and Lusitanian environments.

location