Oral Veil of the Melibe Viridis - A Nudibranch  #saveourseasfoundation #nudibranch #seafloor #prey

Oral Veil of the Melibe Viridis - A Nudibranch #saveourseasfoundation #nudibranch #seafloor #prey

Perhaps not the nudibranch you're used to: this Melibe viridis, filmed in Indonesia, has a rather peculiar mouth. It has an oral veil, an expandable hood used for hunting. Using their veil as a fish net, they scour the seafloor and seagrass blades for small crustaceans. Once detected, the veil contracts, and their prey is trapped and ingested.