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51 Sea Slugs That Prove Aliens Already Live On Planet Earth
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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Blue Angel (Glaucus Atlanticus)
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Phyllodesmium Poindimiei
#4
Dirona Albolineata
#5
Cadlinella Ornatissima
#6
Janolus Fuscus
#7
Hypselodoris Kanga
#8
Cyerce Nigricans
#9
Sea Bunny (Acanthodoris Pilosa)
#10
Leaf Slug (Elysia Chlorotica)
HalfeyHalphstein 11 years ago
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.
#11
Lettuce Sea Slug (Elysia Crispata)
AshleyHauck 11 years ago
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/
#12
Flabellina Iodinea
Denise Liebmann 10 years ago
I would love to see this one in motion....but that is true of all these beauties.
#13
Janolus Barbarensis
KevinGarry 11 years ago
This is a Janolus fuscus and NOT a J. barbarensis, which are tipped with orange and blue.
#14
Chromodoris Alius
#15
Hypselodoris Apolegma
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Mediterranean Cow (Vaquita Suiza)
#18
Willan's Chromodoris
#19
Hermissenda Crassicornis
#20
Phyllidiella Pustulosa
#21
Flabellina
#22
Glossodoris Atromarginata
Jerry Matlock 7 years ago
Accepted scientific name is Doriprismatica atromarginata and commonly referred as the Black-margin Nudibranch
#23
Unknown
#24
Glossodoris Atromarginata
#25
Donut Nudibranch
#26
Banyuls Sec Vallenti
#27
Mexichromis Multituberculata
#28
Acanthodoris Lutea
#29
Ceratosoma Amoena
#30
Phyllodesmium Opalescens
#31
Trinchesia Yamasui Hamatani
#32
Chromodoris Strigata
#34
Frosted Nudibranch
Final score:
16points
#36
Phyllodesmium Serratum
#37
Onchidoris Bilamellata
#38
Okenia Hopkinsia Rosacea
#40
Phyllidia Ocellata
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Chromodoris Sinensis
#43
Nembrotha Kubaryana
#44
Goniobranchus Albopunctatus
#47
Chromodoris Reticulata
#48
Melibe Leonina
Final score:
8points
Miranda Tagliamonte 6 years ago
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.
#51
Ceratosoma Brevicaudatum- Victoria,australia
Final score:
2points
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