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Hypselodoris purpureomaculosa

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/278695901

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Today’s sea slug is Hiatodoris fellowsi, commonly known as the Snowball Sea Slug or the Fellow’s Nudibranch.

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144065481

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Today’s sea slug is Miamira sinuata, commonly known as the jolly green giant (yes really).

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/27560365

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Today’s slug is Notodoris gardineri, commonly known as Gardiner’s Banana Nudibranch. This one looks like a very, very bruised banana but others can look much more yellow.

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196017261

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Polycera capensis

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/273643318

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Today’s sea slug is Phyllodesmium horridum, commonly known as the coral nudibranch.

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/273644693

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Aphelodoris varia, commonly known as the pancake aphelodoris for….fairly obvious reasons.

Image source: https://www.sydneydives.com/aphelodorisvaria.html

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Chromodoris annae

Image source: https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/8674773

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Today’s sea slug, Goniobranchus kuniei, is another pride flag sea slug with the colours of both the non binary flag and the intersex flag. This slug, like many sea slugs, is a hermaphrodite- it has both male and female reproductive parts.

Happy pride month!! 🌈🌈

Image source: https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/29857869

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Today’s sea slug is Hermissenda opalescens, commonly known as the opalescent sea slug.

Image source: https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/140988123

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Hello, Sea Slug Daily of the Tumblr dot com

I can't believe I just found this blog now. Thank you very much for your work 🫡

Thanks :DD

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Lesbian flag themed sea slug!! Happy Pride🌈🌈🌈

Hypselodoris iba

Image source: https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/29857043

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The sea slug of the day is Bonisa nakaza, commonly known as the Gasflame Nudibranch.

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/273639730

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Hi I'm sorry if you've gotten this question before but I literally just found your blog and wanted to know what your honest opinions on Glaucus Atlanticus were. One of my favorite animals.

I’ve actually been putting off covering them because I wanted to do them justice :DD

Thanks for giving me the prompt to do them.

Today’s sea slug is thus Glaucus Atlanticus, commonly known by many different names including the blue sea dragon and the sea swallow. It’s very unusual for a sea slug for many reasons and is not only beautiful but also adapted to a very unlikely niche….

It doesn’t move along the sea floor but instead moves upside down using the sea surface tension to stay afloat! They can thus move using winds and ocean currents and are much more mobile than most sea slugs.

These incredible little creatures feed on many different prey, including Portuguese man of war, which is not the most dangerous prey for a sea slug ever but is still very impressive. They also, like many other sea slugs, steal the stinging cells of their prey!!

My honest opinions are always going to be that sea slugs are very cool lol (and all other organisms as well). Plus these ones look like alien space ships to me!

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/87895263@N06/8599051974/in/photostream/

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Today’s sea slug is Aeolida loui, which has some truly incredible common names including the shaggy mouse nudibranch and the warty shag rug nudibranch.

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/30314434@N06/27729439301

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Today’s sea slug is Nembrotha milleri, commonly known as Miller’s Nembrotha.

Image source: https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/118620222

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Today’s sea slug is Felimare tema, looking absolutely iridescent in this photo.

Image source: https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/8475568