#i'll have to make a post about some more obscure sacoglossans one day ...... bc i rlly do like them a lot

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do you have a favorite sea slug? If so can we see them

HI !! i would love to share some of my favorite sea slugs with you :D

i'll start off with the Melibe genus because they have some really cool looking guys there.

Melibe colemani

probably my all time favorite sea slug. i like these guys because they look so unique !! it almost looks like a skeleton or a net. this image lets you see the transparent parts of the body easier, especially on that rhinophore (the antennae coming from the head on the right side of the image)

Green Melibe (Melibe viridis)

you miiight recognize this thing from that post about this thing tuesday. the way these guys eat is very similar to that of the Hooded Nudibranch, which is another slug from the Melibe genus. it is so so fascinating to me. they trap their prey inside their hood and then sweep it in from both sides to chow down.

i'm also a huge fan of sacoglossans, which are sea slugs that can photosynthesize using a process called kleptoplasty. i also think a lot of them are just really pretty lol. a very popular sacoglossan is the Leaf Sheep.

Little Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae)

the Cyerce genus is another type of sacoglossan that has captured the attention of a lot of tumblr users, most notably Cyerce nigricans and Cyerce elegans.

Black-and-Gold Sapsucking Slug (Cyerce nigricans)

Elegant Sapsucking Slug (Cyerce elegans)

this post is already long enough, but i'll close this off by saying i also enjoy nudibranchs from the Proctonotoidea and Aeolid superfamilies :]

#thank you for asking !! <3 #its always a lot of fun looking at these guys so thanks again for giving me an excuse LMAO #i'll have to make a post about some more obscure sacoglossans one day ...... bc i rlly do like them a lot #sea slugs #nudibranchs #sacoglossans #slug answers