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

Blackgill Tenellia ²
Phestilla melanobrachia

Phyllodesmium macphersonae ³

Aeolidiella indica ⁴

Eel Bornella ⁵
Bornella anguilla

Caloria indica ⁶

Phyllodesmium magnum ⁶

Dermatobranchus rubidus ⁷

Pleurolidia juliae ⁸

Anemone-eating Nudibranch ⁸
Baeolidia moebii

Favorinus tsuruganus ⁹

Cratena simba ¹⁰

Blue Dragon ⁹
Pteraeolidia semperi

Tritoniopsis elegans ¹¹

whip fan nudibranch ¹²
Tritonia nilsodhneri

Four-colour Nudibranch ¹³
Godiva quadricolor

Cape silvertip nudibranch ¹⁴
Janolus capensis

medallion silvertip nudibranch ¹⁵
Janolus longidentatus

Dermatobranchus gonatophorus van ¹⁶
Dermatobranchus gonatophorus

Dermatobranchus albineus ¹³

Marionia rubra ¹⁷

purple lady ¹⁸
Paraflabellina funeka

frilled nudibranch ¹³
Leminda millecra

Gasflame Nudibranch ¹³
Bonisa nakaza

night sky nudibranch ¹⁸
Amanda armata

Armina gilchristi ¹⁹

Bornella valdae ²⁰

sunset nudibranch ¹⁵
Catriona casha

orange-eyed nudibranch ¹⁵
Cratena capensis

candy nudibranch ¹⁵
Cuthona speciosa

Facelina olivacea ¹⁹

Melibe liltvedi ¹⁹

Melibe rosea ²¹

Notobryon thompsoni ¹⁹

coral nudibranch ¹⁹
Phyllodesmium horridum

Bicolor nudibranch ²²
Samla bicolor

Purple Flabellina ⁶
Coryphellina rubrolineata

white-edged nudibranch ¹⁵
Fjordia capensis

Godiva rachelae ¹⁷

Glaucilla marginata ²³

Tropical Gasflame ²⁴
Trinchesia sibogae

Desirable Flabellina ²⁵
Coryphellina exoptata

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

Sea Swallow 1 Glaucus atlanticus

Blackgill Tenellia 2 Phestilla melanobrachia

Eel Bornella 5 Bornella anguilla

Anemone-eating Nudibranch 8 Baeolidia moebii

Blue Dragon 9 Pteraeolidia semperi

whip fan nudibranch 12 Tritonia nilsodhneri

Four-colour Nudibranch 13 Godiva quadricolor

Cape silvertip nudibranch 14 Janolus capensis

medallion silvertip nudibranch 15 Janolus longidentatus

Dermatobranchus gonatophorus van 16 Dermatobranchus gonatophorus

purple lady 18 Paraflabellina funeka

frilled nudibranch 13 Leminda millecra

Gasflame Nudibranch 13 Bonisa nakaza

night sky nudibranch 18 Amanda armata

sunset nudibranch 15 Catriona casha

orange-eyed nudibranch 15 Cratena capensis

candy nudibranch 15 Cuthona speciosa

coral nudibranch 19 Phyllodesmium horridum

Bicolor nudibranch 22 Samla bicolor

Purple Flabellina 6 Coryphellina rubrolineata

white-edged nudibranch 15 Fjordia capensis

Tropical Gasflame 24 Trinchesia sibogae

Desirable Flabellina 25 Coryphellina exoptata