#acanthodoris lutea

[shopcat]

a beautiful rainbow ...

[aquacomet]

☀️He's a excitable little sea slug with an enjoyment for fun, sweet treats and going where his curiosity leads him. It's Sea slug Sun!

His AU anniversary/birthday is coming up in August so what better way to celebrate than making him his own character sheet!

⭐Extra character notes below!⭐

☀ His design is based on the orange-peel doris (Acanthodoris lutea) sea slug!

☀ He's small (Bigger than the average sea slug, possibly around the size of your palm.)

☀ LOVES sweet food but is not a fan of anything super sour.

☀ Enthusiastic to make new friends!

☀ Can stick to surfaces if he wishes (You may find him in some of the oddest places!)

☀ Can disappear if you take your eyes off him (How does a little slug guy disappear suddenly? Nobody knows!)

☀ Goes on adventures, often curious about anything new he discovers.

☀ He can travel on the surface (Though has to hydrate often!)

☀ Squishy! (He can squash and stretch a little but gotta be careful with the little guy.)

☀ He's looking for someone familiar... but who?

[pillowspace]

Listen to me, boy. You will hear about sea slugs. You will enjoy sea slugs

Costasiella kuroshimae / leaf sheep. Discovered off the coast of Japanese island Kuroshima in 1993, they can indirectly perform photosynthesis by absorbing chloroplasts from algae

Cyerce nigricans. The cerata can be easily cast when disturbed. They can also swim by powerfully flapping said cerata when strongly stimulated. I think they look like butterfly wings!

Jorunna parva / sea bunny. They are covered in papillae, which are fleshy protuberances used for sensory functions. It looks like fur!

Glaucus atlanticus / blue glaucus. They are rarely seen, except during periods of on-shore winds which brings them and their prey into coastal waters. They are the most dangerous sea slug to handle, able to give humans a very painful and potentially dangerous sting

Chromodoris lochi / loch's chromodoris. They are spongivores, and prefer being on the underside of overhangs on rocky reefs. Their distribution is widespread in the Indo-Pacific. Everyone I show sea slugs to seems to love this little guy

Dirona albolineata / white-lined dirona. A translucent predator that often eats bryozoans and small snails. They generally reside on rocks and sometimes mud in the intertidal. Pretty little things, they remind me of shards of glass

Phidiana hiltoni / Hilton's Aeolid. They are known for being quite aggressive, often biting and fighting other aeolids, which is so real of them. They always reminded me of lit matches

Acanthodoris lutea / orange-peel doris. Its bright aposamatic colouration is a warning to predators of its distasteful toxicity. They also notably smell of sandalwood! You don't understand. I NEED to hold one

Nembrotha kubaryana / dusky nembrotha. They use the toxins in their prey ascidians to defend themselves against predators. The toxins are stored in their tissues then released in a slimy defensive mucus when alarmed. Nembrotha kubaryana are well-known for their neon appearance

Phyllodesmium poindimiei / Spun Of Light. It's primarily nocturnal and can cast its cerata for protection. Anyway, can we all agree that Spun Of Light is the most awesome name for a sea slug ever? I mean, look at it. That's a sea slug spun of light if I've ever seen one

Conclusion: sea slugs are the creatures ever

[kazenorth]

The Orange-Peel Doris!🍊

Scientific name: Acanthodoris lutea. This beauty weaponizes the bryozoans it eats, taking the toxins for itself, hence its bright warning colors.

[delta-orionis]

favorite beast?

sea slug.

My favorites are the sea bunny (Jorunna parva):

Sea lemon, which can refer to both Doris montereyensis:

or Peltodoris nobilis (which curiously apparently smells very similar to an actual lemon when handled, which is funny considering it is also roughly the same size and shape as a lemon):

and the Orange Peel/Sandalwood Doris (Acanthodoris lutea), which, like the sea lemon, also has a smell when handled. Although this one apparently smells like sandalwood. I have no idea why these slugs are so smelly.

Side note: while looking for pictures to include I stumbled on this website called "The Slug Site" which has a "Opisthobranch (Sea slug) of the Week!" page that appears to still be going strong.

Also, The Sea Slug Forum which has a lot of good info about sea slugs in general. If tumblr ever goes down you can find me here.

[l00r0ll]

orange peel doris (acanthodoris lutea)

[anudibranchaday]

Acanthodoris lutea, also known as the orange-peel doris, is a dorid nudibranch species common to the northeastern Pacific ocean. Its bright orange colour warns predators of its toxicity, an example of aposematism. When handled, this species is reported to smell like sandalwood!

Photo source

[wok]

Acanthodoris lutea, orange-peel doris at Duxbury Reef, CA 2022. picture by me

image description: a small bright orange sea slug approximately 2 inches that appears fuzzy and resembles an orange peel. it is attached to pieces of dark red seaweed

[nudibronk]

Acanthodoris lutea

posting a bonus orange slug bc these pictures fill me with an indescribable emotion

[green-algae]

Specimens of orange-peel dorids [Acanthodoris lutea], a species of nudibranch, kept in the Long Marine Lab in Santa Cruz, California. Images by Gary McDonald.

[centuriesofooze]

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Acanthodoris lutea (orange peel nudibranch)

[aquacomet]

Happy sea slug day! Here's some sea slug Sun doodles from various places, he has a working colour palette now!

Doodles are from session 25 of the DCA weekly magma, a week of AUs magma event from a little while back (testing to see what he would look like without the dot eyes) and a sneaky little guy with a tiny slice of cake from the Reveal-versary collab!

For those curious this design of a sea slug Sun is based on the orange-peel doris (Acanthodoris lutea) sea slug, so he's a mix of orange, reds, yellows and browns with a hint of white for the little bit of fluff on the end.

[pillowspace]

Wait wait wait

You have more than one favorite sea slug?

It may be a popular choice, but the costasiella kuroshimae (leaf sheep sea slug) is quite honestly an S tier sea slug. It's well-loved for a reason. I mean, look at it. It photosynthesizes. This little guy is living the life

You don't understand. No, you don't understand, I NEED to pet an acanthodoris lutea (orange peel doris) right now. Do you SEE how shaped they are? And this image doesn't even show their white gills that look like if a flower was a tail (though gills themselves are not a tail)

The chromodoris lochi is cute, I think it's neat. I don't know a whole lot about them, but I see them a lot and am fond of them. Their rinophores (those bunny-ear looking things on the sea slug) remind me of horns, and their gills (the bunny tail!) are always interesting to me

Bornella anguilla. @madame-mongoose is the one who showed me this sea slug actually!! And it looks SO gorgeous, I'm in love with it. I feel like this is the wise powerful deer I'd meet in the forest, but in sea slug form. And also maybe a dragon. The patterns are beautiful. I love this creature

And finally, the cyerce nigricans! Sooo so so cool looking, it looks like a bunch of butterfly wings which I think is awesome. I like them a lot, and they look really interesting when they move

Anyway, I have normal feelings toward sea slugs

[anudibranchaday]

Tochuina gigantea, also known as the Orange Peel nudibranch (not to be confused with Acanthodoris lutea with the same common name) is a dendronotid nudibranch species that can grow to a whopping 30 cm in length! It can be found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Alaska to California. Sticking with the fruit theme, one of the favourite foods of Tochuina gigantea is the sea strawberry.

Photo source

[cool-critters]

Orange-peel doris (Acanthodoris lutea)

The orange-peel doris is a species of nudibranch or sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidorididae. This species is the largest of the northeastern Pacific acanthodorids. It is a common species, and it is very noticeable because of its bright coloration, which is aposematic. This nudibranch grows to about 30 mm in length. This dorid nudibranch lives on the Pacific coast of North America from Cape Arago, Oregon to northern Baja California, Mexico. The orange-peel doris lives in the intertidal and subtidal zones on rocky shores. Acanthodoris lutea feeds on encrusting bryozoans. It turns the chemicals received from the bryozoan food into a noxious metabolite which is toxic to possible predators.

photo credits: Matt Knoth, Brocken Inaglory

[duskofday-blog]

Acanthodoris lutea