Digital black and white illustration of four different sea slugs. The sea slugs pictured are: the blue dragon sea slug, glaucus atlanticus. The leaf sheep sea slug, costasiella kuroshimae. The sea bunny, jorunna parva. And chromodoris williani.

This was a design I made for a silkscreen printing class I'm taking. I decided to put it up on INPRNT cause I'm really happy with this particular design :)

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Tags: #inprnt #artprint #seaslugs #nudibranch #sacoglossan #seabunny #leafsheep #artsky #design

A photo of 4 rectangular shaped embroidered iron-on patches featuring bright colors and different invertebrates + text. From top to bottom, there is a dark blue “Nudibranch Admirer” patch with sea slugs, a teal blue “I Love Jumping Spiders” patch with peacock jumping spiders, a light orange “Awed by Isopods” with different isopods, and light blue “#1 Bug Enthusiast” with true bugs.

New iron-on patches for invertebrate lovers are now available! 🐛❤️

available here: shop.fossilforager.art

Let me know in the comments which invertebrate or creature patches you’d like to see from me next! 🪳

An image split into 3 panels. They show the same black and white nudibranch being swept side to side in a surge underwater. Each panel shows the nudibranch's rhinophores swept flat, to the right, then left, then right again, making it look like it is getting pushed around by the wind. The text on the image reads: it heckin WIMDY

Sydney swell is hitting 7.7m later today, so I hope these little nudis are safely tucked aware somewhere sheltered and clinging on tight. 🦑🐙🌊

Thank you!! It's so much fun seeing it out in the wild!

When I post a crab photo, people with crab icons like it.
When I post squid, the squid people show up.
And for sea slugs… the sea slug people.

…am I underwater or something?

A photo of a tiny white nudibranch (type of sea slug) on a the silty floor of a rockpool. It's main features are the many short blunt blobs covering it.

A photo of an orange coloured starfish laying on a rock. The angle of the photo makes this creature appear as a hand with two thumbs and four fingers wearing a prickly textured glove. This starfish has twelve arms in total, the other six arms are just about showing in the background.

A couple of super cool finds by a member of our monthly #rockpoolproject #bioblitz today.
Kilve beach on the #Quantockhills was the location and way out on the low water mark, a nudibranch named, Fuzzy Onchidoris - Onchidoris muricata and a stunning Rose sun star - Crossaster papposus wowed us.

A rather round white-spotted sea goddess nudibranch. It looks like a yellow shield with two small rhinophores and many white tubercles.

A rather round white-spotted sea goddess nudibranch. It looks like a yellow shield with two small rhinophores and many white tubercles.

A rather round white-spotted sea goddess nudibranch. It looks like a yellow shield with two small rhinophores and many white tubercles.

A rather round white-spotted sea goddess nudibranch. It looks like a yellow shield with two small rhinophores and many white tubercles.

Short thread of more #tidepooling photos from the last king tides Sunset Cliffs, San Diego. 1. White spotted sea goddess nudibranch, Doriopsilla albopunctata.🦀🦑

A green sea slug fills most of the frame despite being incredibly tiny. The slug has translucent protrusions filled with easily visible green plant cells and tipped in white. The "face" of the nudibranch has beady eyes like a Wallace and Gromit character. The animal is crawling on a green piece of algae with individual grains of sand easily visible.

☘️ St. Patrick's Day has arrived! ☘️

Here's one of our green friends from the underwater world. This is a Costasiella kuroshimae, commonly nicknamed "Shaun the Sheep."

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#macro #nudibranch #underwaterphotography #critters #scuba #scubadiving #philippines #tiny

Impressionist sea slugs create their patterns by arranging colorful photonic crystals Nudibranchs are often referred to as the butterflies of the sea. Nudibranchs live worldwide, primarily in warm, shallow marine regions, and stand out for their flamboyant colors and diverse shapes. A ...

You know we can’t pass up nudibranch news…
These sea slugs don’t build color the usual way—they create it by bending light with tiny crystal structures. No pigment, just optics and built-in shimmer. Nature really said: why paint when you can harness the power of physics?
#OceanHoptimism #Nudibranchs

Oh hey, I made this!

Streaked chromodoris nudibranch illustration with purple and red background. The nudibranch is white with a yellow border, black stripes (gills), and a red star of tentacles coming out of the butt.

Streaked Chromodoris #nudibranch — Oh, what fun to paint these colorful sea slugs!

#nudibranches #sciart #illustration #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart

Digital illustration of a blue angel nudinbranch covered in eyes on a dark blue background with a pattern of eyes, and a purple border full of more eyes, and two circular vignettes featuring a pink crab and brain coral, both with eyes on.

Lil nudibranch doing its thing
#illustration

Whenever I see posts like “Instead of going out drinking or doing karaoke, I just want to stay home and play Super Smash Bros.,” I can’t help but think, “Why not just do what you like?”

Meanwhile, I’m here enjoying tidepooling, reading them with a completely straight face.

Orange-yellow nudibranch (sea slug) barely under the ocean water

Two Orange-yellow nudibranchs (sea slug) barely under the ocean water

Orange-yellow nudibranch (sea slug) out of the ocean water with kelp and rocks exposed by low tide in the background

There were gorgeous nudibranchs near my house today. Zoom in to see their little horns!!

Hat's off to everyone who's sharing nudibranch photos and art with such wonderful alt text. And a reminder that I'd love to share any and all nudis that have descriptive alt text. And yes, I always check before I repost because the glory of sea slugs should be accessible to all.

A red-tipped sea goddess nudibranch crawling on the sand. The main body is white with a ribbon of yellow around the edges and a line of red inside that. The rhinophores and gills are both tipped with red.

I had seen Red-tipped Sea Goddess nudibranchs only once or twice before, but I saw probably 10 of them on this trip to the Bahamas.

Captured with my Olympus OM-1 + 60mm macro + AOI +20 diopter

Prints: buff.ly/Hd7lQco

#nudibranchs #underwaterphotography #macro #sand #olympus #om1 #nauticam 🦑 📷

A spiny nudibranch (sea slug) made of elaborately folded paper, crawling onto a page with pictures of other sea slugs (nudibranchs).

An origami nudibranch looks itself up in the nudibranch book.

(Origami by @neilbanas.bsky.social and others, from an exhibition at the Transmission Gallery, Glasgow.)

A photo of an undescribed Goniobranchus Nudibranch from Abu Dhabi. It’s mainly white but covered in claret spots

A photo of an undescribed Goniobranchus Nudibranch from Abu Dhabi. It’s mainly white but covered in claret spots

A photo of an undescribed Goniobranchus Nudibranch from Abu Dhabi. It’s mainly white but covered in claret spots

A photo of an undescribed Goniobranchus Nudibranch from Abu Dhabi. It’s mainly white but covered in claret spots

So this was the result from this mornings dive in the Abu Dhabi Marina. Very poor visibility and masses of silt did not mar good conditions - but was much better than what was going on up in the sky at the time.

LOOOOOOOVEEEEEE

There are similarly colored (black and white) sea slugs on top of the cookies and cream dessert. Nudibranch species : Phyllidiella annulata, Hallaxa fuscescens, Dotted nudibranch (Jorunna funebris), Striped Phyllidiopsis (Phyllidiopsis xishaensis), Gymnodoris nigricolor, Fellow's Nudibranch (Hiatodoris fellowsi), Black Doris (Dendrodoris nigra), Black Spotted Nudibranch (Ceratophyllidia papilligera), Phyllidia scottjohnsoni, Trapania naeva, Bumpy Paradoris (Paradoris liturata), San Diego Dorid (Diaulula sandiegensis)

Cookies and cream and sea slug 🍪

A split image showing the flipped over rock on the left, and on the right, a macro shot of a light purple sea slug with three yellow stripes and a yellow and white stripe around its margins.

#worldwildlifeday A couple of days ago I tried flipping rocks while #tidepooling... and found my favorite #socal nudibranch (sea slug), MacFarland's chromodorid (Felimida macfarlandi). 🦑🦀

A crazy-looking sea slug - or nudibranch - crawls on brown seaweed underwater. Its body is a glowing, ghostly white and is covered in soft, wiggly, long spikes. Each spike has a streak of black through the center and is tipped with an orange and white accent. Two horns stick out of its head and have a ribbed texture.

Nudibranchs are so amazing. This orange-tipped nudi caught some nice light underwater for this shot

#nudibranch #nudibranchs #underwaterphotography #omsystem #olympus #wildlife #animals #wildlifephotography

A small sea slug called Goniobranchus geometricus crawls slowly across a sandy seafloor. The animal is about the size of a thumb and shaped like a soft oval with a wide skirt around its body. Its surface is deep violet-purple and covered with many rounded white bumps, giving it a texture similar to a tiny cluster of pearls or a soft pinecone. The outer edge of the body forms a ruffled white rim that looks like a delicate border around the slug. Rising from the front are two tall sensory organs called rhinophores. They are pale at the base but fade to bright green at the tips, resembling small green antennae. Just behind them is a feathery cluster of gills, also tinted green, standing upright like a tiny underwater plant. The nudibranch sits on coarse brown sand scattered with bits of rock and algae. The background fades into soft blue and gray tones, suggesting deeper water and making the slug’s vivid colors stand out sharply against the muted seafloor. Interesting facts: Toxic warning colors: The bright purple, white, and green coloration warns predators that the slug is chemically defended. Stolen defenses: It feeds mainly on sea squirts (tunicates) and can store their defensive chemicals in its own tissues. Shell-less mollusk: Although related to snails, nudibranchs lose their shells as adults. Sensitive “antennae”: The green rhinophores detect chemicals in the water, helping the animal find food and mates. Simultaneous hermaphrodite: Each individual has both male and female reproductive organs, allowing two slugs to fertilize each other when they mate. Despite its striking appearance, this species usually moves slowly and quietly across tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, where it blends surprisingly well among sponges and tunicates it feeds on.

#GoniobranchusGeometricus
Such a long name for such a diminutive critter.
#EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #Scuba #OceanLife #PhotographersUnited #NikonZ8

The Nudibranch That Broke in Two • The Revelator A meditation on observation, revision, and the quiet thrill of being wrong — and what all of that means for conservation.

The Nudibranch That Broke in Two

A colorful sea slug offers @oceanhoptimism.org an opportunity to reflect on science, conservation, taxonomy, and wonder. Today on @therevelator.org
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The head of a baby Navanax - it is mostly black with some reflective blue patches, orange stripes, and many small yellow polka dots. The head is shaped like a chisel.

The head of a baby Navanax - it is mostly black with some reflective blue patches, orange stripes, and many small yellow polka dots. The head is shaped like a chisel. The tail has has a bit of a swallotail configuration with two triangular flaps.

The head of a baby Navanax - it is mostly black with some reflective blue patches, orange stripes, and many small yellow polka dots. The head is shaped like a chisel. The tail has has a bit of a swallotail configuration with two triangular flaps.

I spotted a baby Navanax sea slug (N. inermis) last week #tidepooling - only 2 cm long; very little blue, yellow spots more orange. These are opisthobranch slugs, related to sea hares, and hunt for and eat their nudibranch cousins (completely separate group of sea slugs!). San Diego, CA. #socal 🦑🦀

Seeing this post about felt nudibranchs reminded me of my daughter's assignment for freshman-level art class: a watercolor painting of an animal you'd find in Monterey Bay. She picked my favorite nudi, the Hopkins Rose. 🦑

a stack of four half size zines that say 'the little book of nudis' in hand script on a brown handmade watercolor paper background with a watercolor illustration of a black nudibranch

I've had the most traumatic time with my printer, but I finally got a couple of my latest zine printed. These are half size and very cute. I'll have them in my shop later this week and my patrons will get first dibs.

Shaun the sheep nudibranch is a tiny green sea slug with purple tipped protrusions on its back, it has two black tipped antennae and black eye spots - it resembles the Shaun the sheep cartoon character

Shaun the sheep nudibranch, this cute ~3mm sap sucking slug lives on green algae in the Lembeh Strait #OM1 🦑🌊

Dive into Wool Creature Lab's World of Vibrant Felted Nudibranchs How artist Arina Bovenich's job at a remote biology research station transformed into a unique craft practice.

Wow, amazing #sciart via @thisiscolossal.com