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The name "sea slug" is also often applied to the sacoglossans (clade Sacoglossa), the so-called sap-sucking or solar-powered sea slugs which are frequently a shade of green. Another group of main gastropods that are often labeled as "sea slugs" are the various families of headshield slugs and bubble snails within the clade Cephalaspidea.
Images, information and identification of Nudibranchs; Nudibranch Photos by Mick Tait; Nudibranchs in their natural environment, Scuba Diving – Narooma NSW offline? 26 Nov 2014; Nudi Pixel: Online resource for nudibranchs and sea slugs identification using photographs Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
Leidyula floridana, a slug species native to the Caribbean (Cuba to Jamaica) and southern Florida, has extended its range to northern Florida. It is also found in Louisiana and Texas . [ 4 ] As a non-native species, it has been identified in Mexico , [ 3 ] Nicaragua , [ 5 ] and Cuba .
Costasiella ocellifera is a small (5–13 mm) species of sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae. [2] Costasiella ocellifera, and other members of the Costasiellidae family are often mistakenly classified as nudibranchs because they superficially resemble other species of that group, but they are actually a part of the Sacoglossa superorder of sea slugs ...
Aplysia fasciata, common name the "mottled sea hare", or the "sooty sea hare", is an Atlantic species of sea hare or sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae. [ 1 ] Distribution
Peltodoris atromaculata, more commonly known as the dotted sea slug or sea cow, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. [1] It dwells in salt water up to the depth of 40m. It is exclusively found in precorralligene and coralligene communities and is very common in such communities. [2]
A unique new species of sea slug Bathydevius typically lives thousands of feet below the surface, far from the coastal tide pools or kelp forests that many sea slugs prefer. It also captures its ...
Aeolidia papillosa, known as the common grey sea slug, is a species of nudibranch in the family Aeolidiidae. [1] Distribution