Nudibranch color diversity shares a common origin in guanine photonic structures
Samuel A. Humphrey, Xianglian He, Tobias Priemel, Vera M. Titze, Sinuhé Perea‐Puente, Vivek K Subramanian, Cedric Bouchet-Marquis, Bruno Jesus, Silvia Vignolini
This paper identifies guanine-based multilayer structures as a common mechanism for structural coloration in nudibranchs across multiple species.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Mar 17, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics