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Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs.


Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs

David W. Behrens & Alicia Hermosillo

Sea Challengers

4 Somerset Rise, Monterey, CA 93940

0930118367 $35.00 www.amazon.com

Knowledgeably co-authored by Nudibranch nudibranch: see sea slug.
nudibranch
 or sea slug

Any marine gastropod in the order Nudibranchia. Most nudibranchs lack a shell, mantle cavity (see mollusk), and gills, and breathe through the body surface.
 enthusiasts David W. Behrens and Alicia Hermosillo, Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs: A Guide To The Opisthobranches From Alaska To Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific.  is an informed and informative study of the intriguing in·trigue  
n.
1.
a. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.

b. The practice of or involvement in such schemes.

2. A clandestine love affair.

v.
 world of underwater slugs See State and local government series. . Introducing the reader to and intricate undersea life form, Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs covers in thorough detail the individualistic in·di·vid·u·al·ist  
n.
1. One that asserts individuality by independence of thought and action.

2. An advocate of individualism.



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 attributes of the many little creatures and species of Nudibranchs the authors have co-operatively discovered and extensively studied. Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs is very strongly recommended to all readers with an interest in underwater sea-life, as well as those studying the Pacific Coast ecosystems, as Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs contains countless details and up-close pictures of every given species of the peculiar little creatures.
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Title Annotation:Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs: A Guide to the Opisthobranches from Alaska to Central America
Author:Carson, Michael J.
Publication:Reviewer's Bookwatch
Article Type:Book review
Date:Apr 1, 2006
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