sea slugs
Soft marine gastropods
Sea slugs are soft-bodied marine mollusks, typically shell-less relatives of snails and other gastropods.
Many species display vivid colors and elaborate appendages.
The term covers various groups including nudibranchs, which are prized by divers and underwater photographers for their striking appearance: We spotted several sea slugs on the reef.
- nudibranchShell-shedding marine gastropod
- gastropodsBelly-footed mollusks
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- solar poweredFueled by stellar radiation
- detorsionReversal of twisting
invertebrates · soft-bodied · mantles · bright colors · blue dragon · chemical defense · radula · crawling · tentacles · gills · aquarium · toxic · slimy · translucent · anemone · coral · underwater · marine biology
- sea slugsnudibranch, blue dragon, blue angel, Doris, Julia
- aquatic lifedolphins, whales, dolphin, sharks, eel
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- marine invertebratescrabs, lobsters, shrimp, clams, mussels
- mollusksclams, mollusk, mollusks, snail, snails
- tidepoolstidepools, tide pools, tide pool, rockpools, rock pools
shell presence
sea slugssea snails
Shelled marine mollusks
marine snails · conchs · whelks · periwinkles · cowries