The sea swallow, scientifically known as Glaucus atlanticus, is one of the oddest creatures the ocean has to offer. Technically a type of sea slug, it floats on the surface upside-down, with its belly (or “foot”) and mouth facing toward the sky. It has the appearance of a tapered cross with six arms instead of two, each arm culminating in a burst of short radiating tentacles, cetera, which give the impression of feathered wings. Most of its body is a bright silvery blue, while a richer navy colors the two silver stripes that run down its center and the tips of its cetera. Its appearance, overall, has proven quite striking -- It has led to such eclectic common names as the blue angel, blue dragon, and sea lizard. Despite all of these unusual attributes, though, if I were to be a marine invertebrate, the sea swallow is the one which I would choose.…
it survive in its habitat. Some animals that live in the pelagic zone are puffer fish, glaucus atlanticus, and the hammerhead shark. Although there are many…