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 Phyllodesmium jakobsenae mimics Xenia coral

This nudibranch lives in, feeds on, and mimics the soft coral Xenia by the shape and colour of its cerata. It is solar-powered, retaining some of the soft corals zooxanthellae which continue to photosynthesise in the ceratal digestive gland cells. 

(Source: mad-as-a-marine-biologist, via iheartnudibranchs)

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