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.)

Lined Sea Hare ¹
Stylocheilus striatus

Juliana's Sea Hare ²
Aplysia juliana

Pygmy Seahare ³
Aplysia parvula

Blunt-end Sea Hare ⁴
Dolabella auricularia

Ragged Seahare ⁵
Bursatella leachii

Eyed Sea Hare ⁶
Aplysia oculifera

Stylocheilus longicauda ⁷

Solute Akera ⁸
Akera soluta

White-speckled Sea Hare ⁹
Aplysia argus

Ragged Sea Hare ¹⁰
Bursatella leachii leachii

samurai nudibranch ¹¹
Aplysiopsis sinusmensalis

Speckled Swallow-tailed Sea Slug ¹²
Biuve fulvipunctata

Cavolinia uncinata ¹³

Chelidonura castanea ¹⁴

Chelidonura electra ¹⁵

Swallowtail Headshield Slug ¹⁶
Chelidonura hirundinina

Chelidonura punctata ¹⁷

Chelidonura sandrana ¹⁰

Colpodaspis thompsoni ¹⁴

Spectacular Corolla ¹⁸
Corolla spectabilis

Black-and-gold Sapsucking Slug ¹⁹
Cyerce nigricans

Elysia marginata ²⁰
Elysia

Elysia pusilla ²¹

green bubble snail ²²
Haminoea alfredensis

mosaic headshield slug ¹⁴
Odontoglaja mosaica

Oxynoe viridis ²³

Peronia peronii ²⁴

sand slug ¹¹
Philine aperta

Blue-margin Headshield Slug ²⁵
Philinopsis speciosa

Placida cremoniana ²⁶

Branched Sapsucker ¹
Placida dendritica

Oriental Polybranchia ²⁷
Polybranchia orientalis

Thuridilla gracilis ⁷

Thuridilla indopacifica ²⁸

Thuridilla livida ²⁹

Thuridilla virgata ³⁰

Umbrella Slug ³¹
Umbraculum umbraculum

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

Lined Sea Hare 1 Stylocheilus striatus

Juliana's Sea Hare 2 Aplysia juliana

Pygmy Seahare 3 Aplysia parvula

Blunt-end Sea Hare 4 Dolabella auricularia

Ragged Seahare 5 Bursatella leachii

Eyed Sea Hare 6 Aplysia oculifera

Solute Akera 8 Akera soluta

White-speckled Sea Hare 9 Aplysia argus

Ragged Sea Hare 10 Bursatella leachii leachii

samurai nudibranch 11 Aplysiopsis sinusmensalis

Speckled Swallow-tailed Sea Slug 12 Biuve fulvipunctata

Swallowtail Headshield Slug 16 Chelidonura hirundinina

Spectacular Corolla 18 Corolla spectabilis

Black-and-gold Sapsucking Slug 19 Cyerce nigricans

Elysia marginata 20 Elysia

green bubble snail 22 Haminoea alfredensis

mosaic headshield slug 14 Odontoglaja mosaica

sand slug 11 Philine aperta

Blue-margin Headshield Slug 25 Philinopsis speciosa

Branched Sapsucker 1 Placida dendritica

Oriental Polybranchia 27 Polybranchia orientalis

Umbrella Slug 31 Umbraculum umbraculum