Southern African Sea Slugs - Nudibranchs (and other marine Heterobranchia)

A guide to sea slugs and nudibranchs, sea hares and bubble-shells that can be found along the coast of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique.
(This is a work in progress.)

Sea Swallow ¹
Glaucus atlanticus

Phyllodesmium macphersonae ²

Aeolidiella indica ³

Caloria indica ⁴

Phyllodesmium magnum ⁴

Pleurolidia juliae ⁵

Anemone-eating Nudibranch ⁵
Baeolidia moebii

Favorinus tsuruganus ⁶

Cratena simba ⁷

Blue Dragon ⁶
Pteraeolidia semperi

Four-colour Nudibranch ⁸
Godiva quadricolor

purple lady ⁹
Paraflabellina funeka

night sky nudibranch ⁹
Amanda armata

orange-eyed nudibranch ¹⁰
Cratena capensis

Facelina olivacea ¹¹

coral nudibranch ¹¹
Phyllodesmium horridum

Purple Flabellina ⁴
Coryphellina rubrolineata

Godiva rachelae ¹²

Glaucilla marginata ¹³

Desirable Flabellina ¹⁴
Coryphellina exoptata

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Southern African Sea Slugs - Nudibranchs (and other marine Heterobranchia)

Sea Swallow 1 Glaucus atlanticus

Anemone-eating Nudibranch 5 Baeolidia moebii

Blue Dragon 6 Pteraeolidia semperi

Four-colour Nudibranch 8 Godiva quadricolor

purple lady 9 Paraflabellina funeka

night sky nudibranch 9 Amanda armata

orange-eyed nudibranch 10 Cratena capensis

coral nudibranch 11 Phyllodesmium horridum

Purple Flabellina 4 Coryphellina rubrolineata

Desirable Flabellina 14 Coryphellina exoptata