What is the name of this animal?
The scientific name of a sea slug is "Nudibranchia". The name "Nudibranchia" is Latin for naked gills. This refers to the animal’s lack of a shell as well as the feather-like gills and horns on its body. These animals are also called gastropod mollusks and pteropods.
There are over 2,000 species of sea slug. In short, sea slug is a common name standing for many types of these animals. They belong to the Gastropoda class, the family of Opistobranches and are in the phylum Mollusca.
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Pat Salloum
Jorunna Parva, commonly known as the Sea Bunny.
elizawheeler
I never thought of anything called slug being beautiful, but that is.
catmom
earlepg, Poor thing looks like its blind.
catmom
earlepg, I agree, it does.
catmom
Edie Koller, I agree.
Edie Koller
It's so cute too.
Wayne Roberts
They are very beautiful animals and come in some amazing colours. Great subjects for underwater photography.
seane
Excellent picture of a white rabbit.
Pat Wells
Seems odd to label the Sea Slug as an "animal" when it's really a marine invertebrate.
earlepg
Upon first sight I thought it looked like a strung-out fluffy bunny with short brown ears.
David Bartlett
It’s a sea slug “bunny”!
klmilles
Greetings, clone.