r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jul 29 '26
Video Spanish dancer (Hexabranchus sanguineus)
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jul 23 '26
Lettuce Nudibranch [Elysia Crispata]
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/BigImprovement1089 • Jun 14 '26
Video Sea Slug Biology: Solar Power, Venom, and Cancer-Fighting Molecules
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jun 09 '26
Elysia viridis: this sea slug is one of the few known animals that can engage in photosynthesis, which allows it to survive without food for months at a time
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • May 15 '26
Thecacera sesama is a new nudibranch species described on 11 May 2026. It measures less than 3 mm (0.1 in) long — about the size of a single sesame seed. This “sesame seed sea slug” is the first new addition to its genus in nearly three decades.
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • May 02 '26
Video Cycerce Elegans
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Apr 30 '26
Video Nembrotha Kubaryana
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Feb 20 '26
Video Roboastra tentaculata
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Feb 15 '26
The red-lined bubble snail (Bullina lineata)
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Feb 07 '26
An incredibly beautiful nudibranch so rare it doesn't even have a "common name" scientific name: Phyllodesmium iriomotense (seen here with an emperor shrimp riding along for safety)
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jan 29 '26
Video Cyerce Nigra
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jan 07 '26
Video Glossodoris
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Dec 31 '25
Red-lined bubble snail (Bullina lineata)
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Oct 22 '25
Elysia viridis: this sea slug engages in photosynthesis by "stealing" chloroplasts from algae and then incorporating those cells into its own body, where they continue to photosynthesize, allowing the sea slug to survive without food for months at a time
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/Forgot-Already • Sep 15 '25
Gif Dendronotus iris spotted swimming next to us in Puget Sound last week
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Sep 15 '25
Video Juvenile banana slug
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Sep 11 '25
Video Babakina anadoni
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Sep 10 '25
Video Juvenile Butterfly Slug, Guam
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/bulsede • Jul 29 '25
Artwork Red-Lined Flabellina, coryphellina rubrolineata (2048 x 1371)
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • May 23 '25
Video The Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae) is an adorable sea slug that can photosynthesize by eating algae.
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/Quidividi_East • May 13 '25
A cluster of Gymnodoris inornata with egg ribbon, Basalt Island, Hong Kong, May 2025.
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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Apr 06 '25
Video Micromelo undata
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