Sea Angel

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Sea Angel

9. Video

3. Size

7. What can we do?

6. How do they multiply

11. End

10. Questions

5. Food

8. Facts

4. Type

2. What is it?

1. Where can you find it?

INDEX

They inhabit the frigid waters of the Arctic, subarctic Atlantic, and Pacific oceans, and prey on sea butterflies—specifically a small type of sea snail called Limacina helicina.

Where can you find it?

MAP

Here is where you can find it

Sea angels are a large group of extremely small, swimming sea slugs, they are classified into six different families.

What is a Sea Angel?

SIZE

There are two subspecies that differ in body length. The northern subspecies lives in cooler waters, matures to 3 cm (1.2 inches) and can reach a size of 7-8.5 cm (2.8-3.3 inches). The size of the southern subspecies is 1.2 cm (0.47 in).

Clione limacina

sea angel

Clione

TYPE

clione limacina from the Artic

Clione limacina king

Acodiv

TYPE

What does sea angels eat??

Some species of sea angels feed exclusively on sea butterflies; the angels have terminal mouths with the radula common to mollusks, and tentacles to grasp their prey.

Subtítulo

It reproduces during spring and summer, and the eggs are approximately 0.12 mm (4.7 thousand).

How do they multiply???

Your thoghts

Support organizations that work to protect the Sea.

Do not buy products that take advantage of Marine Life

What can we do to save them?

Help take care of the beaches

Sea angels catch their prey by shooting tentacles out of their face grabbing and its prey. Then they rip the prey out of its shell, swallowing it whole

The little horn like objects are actually sensory organs! The wing - like structure they have called the parapodia are actually their feet

It has no predators since it produces a molecule called pteroenone. This secretion prevents the predators from eating the sea angels.

Facts

Realy cool facts

Predator

Sea angels have evolved the behaviour of living in the water column. They're born swimming in the ocean, they grow up swimming in the ocean, and they spend all of their lives in the middle of the water never touching the bottom.

How do they evolve

VIDEO

See a actual Sea angel in movement!!!

QUESTIONS

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