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Seeing how much you liked our "Sea Bunny" and "Sea Sheep" post, we decided to dive deeper to see what else is hidden beneath the sea. We were pleasantly surprised to find that the ocean is full cute slugs!

Most of these “slugs” are actually snails that have lost their shells and gained new characteristics through evolution. For example, sacoglossans are sometimes called “solar-powered sea slugs” because they use chloroplasts from the algae they eat in their own tissue.

Vote for your favorite, or if you happen to be a deep-sea diver, post  your own pictures below!

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Sea Sheep (Costasiella Kuroshimae)

Sea Sheep (Costasiella Kuroshimae)

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Kat
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's so cute..looks like a cow or sheep with a bad perm and hair color!! Lol

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Phyllodesmium Poindimiei

Phyllodesmium Poindimiei

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Kat
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! It's gorgeous!! So psychedelic!! This would make a cool black light poster!!

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Dirona Albolineata

Dirona Albolineata

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Janolus Fuscus

Janolus Fuscus

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Kat
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't believe how beautiful all these little sea creatures are! We take for granted how amazing our Planet is! And we don't seem to have a problem destroying all the wonderful and amazing things God has giving us...

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Sea Bunny (Acanthodoris Pilosa)

Sea Bunny (Acanthodoris Pilosa)

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Leaf Slug (Elysia Chlorotica)

Leaf Slug (Elysia Chlorotica)

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HalfeyHalphstein
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This sea slug is capable of producing its own food from photosynthesis. The green pigment inside its body is really chlorophyll, the same pigment found in green plants used to absorb the light energy for photosynthesis. However this sea slug did not make the chlorophyll itself, instead it was obtained from the algae they consumed at earlier stage of their life.

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Lettuce Sea Slug (Elysia Crispata)

Lettuce Sea Slug (Elysia Crispata)

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AshleyHauck
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks for picking up my photo of E. crispata! Here's an excerpt from my blog about it: Lettuce Sea Slug With a name like E. crispata and an appearance like curly salad greens, the Lettuce Sea Slug could almost find itself at home in your crisper drawer. It looks like a nudibranch, and those who know me know I love nudibranchs, but it isn't. It's not even closely related to nudibranchs. It belongs to a different category of slug entirely, known as "sap-sucking slugs," named for its propensity for slurping the juicy bits out of the algae it eats. It even retains chloroplasts in its tissues that provide it with sugars. AND it's frilly. Sweet. - See more at: http://www.ashleyhauck.com/blog/curacao-slugs-snails-spirobranchs/

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Flabellina Iodinea

Flabellina Iodinea

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Denise Liebmann
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would love to see this one in motion....but that is true of all these beauties.

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Janolus Barbarensis

Janolus Barbarensis

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KevinGarry
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8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a Janolus fuscus and NOT a J. barbarensis, which are tipped with orange and blue.

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Mediterranean Cow (Vaquita Suiza)

Mediterranean Cow (Vaquita Suiza)

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Hermissenda Crassicornis

Hermissenda Crassicornis

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Glossodoris Atromarginata

Glossodoris Atromarginata

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Jerry Matlock
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Accepted scientific name is Doriprismatica atromarginata and commonly referred as the Black-margin Nudibranch

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Glossodoris Atromarginata

Glossodoris Atromarginata

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Mexichromis Multituberculata

Mexichromis Multituberculata

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Cuthona Sibogae

Cuthona Sibogae

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Melibe Leonina

Melibe Leonina

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Miranda Tagliamonte
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love these things. They have terrifying giant mouth-hoods, and yet they still have those little bunny-ear-like rhinophores on their heads. They’re like nightmare bunnies. Also, they release watermelon-scented defensive toxins.

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Marionia Platyctenea

Marionia Platyctenea

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Ceratosoma Brevicaudatum- Victoria,australia

Ceratosoma Brevicaudatum- Victoria,australia

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Rachelle Oliver
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All very beautiful and interesting. God always amazes me ! 👣👣👣

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