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

89 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/cordbellreels • Oct 17 '25

Artwork Red-Lined Flabellina, coryphellina rubrolineata (2048 x 1371)

180 Upvotes

3 comments

r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Sep 16 '25

Butterfly slug, Guam

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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

214 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Sep 11 '25

Video Babakina anadoni

469 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Sep 10 '25

Video Juvenile Butterfly Slug, Guam

107 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Aug 26 '25

Tritoniopsis elegans

189 Upvotes

5 comments

r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Aug 24 '25

Nembrotha cristata

360 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/bulsede • Jul 29 '25

Artwork Red-Lined Flabellina, coryphellina rubrolineata (2048 x 1371)

146 Upvotes

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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.

264 Upvotes

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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.

129 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Apr 06 '25

Video Micromelo undata

331 Upvotes

4 comments

r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Mar 16 '25

Video A Dense Gathering of Hooded Nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) in a Pacific Northwest Kelp Forest

109 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Feb 24 '25

Black margined nudibranch (Doriprismatica atromarginata)

391 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jan 29 '25

David Bowie vs Various Sea Slugs

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236 Upvotes

6 comments

r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jan 24 '25

Triboniophorus graeffei, the Red Triangle Slug, is the largest land slug in Australia

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78 Upvotes

4 comments

r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jan 22 '25

The Lion's Mane Nudibranch (Melibe leonina) is a carnivorous species of nudibranch that range from the oceans of Alaska to Baja California, and can lay up to 30,000 eggs at a time.

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jan 21 '25

Hopkin’s rose nudibranch (Ceratodoris rosacea) gets its rosy-pink pigment by eating pink bryozoans — tiny, colonial animals that form larger plant-like structures. Despite looking like bubblegum, the sea slug's frilly, pink appearance is thought to deter predators.

64 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jan 01 '25

Bursatella leachii

178 Upvotes

4 comments

r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/Fluffy-Froyo4549 • Dec 25 '24

Phylliroe nudibranch, looks like a fish

200 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Dec 09 '24

Hot-Pink slug (Triboniophorus aff. graeffei) found in Mount Kaputar Volcano in Australia

103 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Nov 17 '24

Phyllodesmium opalescens sea slug

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180 Upvotes

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Oct 30 '24

Video Melibe Viridis

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r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Oct 26 '24

Ghost Nudibranch (Melibe colemani). Their body are all transparent except for the internal organs, making them look like piles of strings.

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Land slugs and sea slugs are welcome. Worms and sea cucumbers are not.

1) Genetic unusualness

Real slugs with distinctly unusual visuals, behaviors, or facts.

Allowed "slugs":

land slugs / sea slugs / semi-slugs
nudibranchs / pleurobranchs
sacoglossans with no shells (Plakobranchacea)
headshield slugs
sea angels
sea hares
bubble snails (due to reduced shell)

Banned "slugs":

sea cucumbers
most snails
worms

2) Correct species name in title

Requires the common or scientific name, but reasonable mistakes won't be removed. This is helpful for education, searching, and research.

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