The nudibranch absorbs the algae's chloroplasts (zooxanthellae) into the cerata, which acquire nutrients by photosynthesis using the sun to sustain the nudibranch for months.

Nudibranchs derive their coloring from the food they eat, which helps in camouflage, and some even retain the foul-tasting poisons of their prey and secrete them as a defense against predators. This is a term which includes other … Scientific name: Each species has its own unique scientific name Nudibranchs are gastropod molluscs. Nudibranchs are one of the groups which are informally known as sea slugs. They are shelless and uncoiled Gastropods, famous for their brilliant colours. They belong to the phylum Mollusca which consists of a large group of soft-bodied animals, usually with a shell, and having a characteristic gill shape. There are more than 3000 known species. The genus name is capitalized, and the whole name is italicized. An example of a scientific name is Felis catus which is the scientific name of a domestic cat. The name means 'naked gills'.

Others have evolved other ways of farming zooxanthellae, housing them in their digestive gland.