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Sea slug Flabellina pedata

Flabellina pedata by Paul Naylor

Violet sea slug

Despite its dazzling colouration, this fabulous nudibranch can be easily missed, due to its small size!

Enw gwyddonol

Edmundsella pedata

Pryd i'w gweld

April – October.

Species information

Categori

Ystadegau

Up to 5cm long.

Statws cadwraethol

Common.

Cynefinoedd

Ynghylch

Eggs are laid as a thin, white thread and can sometimes be easier to spot than the sea slug itself!

Sut i'w hadnabod

A very small nudibranch with striking violet/pinky-purple colouration, with white tips to the projections running along its back.

Dosbarthiad

Found around all British coasts.

Roeddech chi yn gwybod?

All nudibranchs are sea slugs, but not all sea slugs are nudibranchs!