#dorids

[gastropodsyay]

Sea slug saturday feature: The jester nudibranch

Trapania scurra

[barstoolblues]

who is your faborite ocean girl…

thank you for asking :D I love dorid nudibranchs they are the ideal shape for animal. they look like a cartoon mouse made of jelly but their "ears" are actually rhinophores, which are kinda like what they smell with! and their tail is actually their gills! also nudis are hermaphroditic in that they have both male and female reproductive organs at all times as adults instead of being able to switch between so they are literally all nonbinary.

(species shown: monterrey dorid, blood-spot dorid, nanaimo horned dorid, cockerell's dorid, pink dorid, spotted leopard dorid)

look how squishy they are :) I have 2 sea lemons and a spotted leopard in my lab that im currently taking care of so they are dear to me :)

technically sea bunnies are dorids but there are so many more and they are so cute.

also they lay squishy eggs in spirals attached to rocks which look SO COOL

[green-algae]

Blood-spot dorids [a type of nudibranch, Aldisa sanguinea] kept in captivity in the Long Marine Lab, Santa Cruz, California. Images by Gary McDonald.

[gastropodsyay]

Sea slug saturday feature: The salt and pepper dorid!

Aegires albopunctatus

[gastropodsyay]

Sea slug saturday feature: Fun sized leopards!

Goniobranchus gleniei

[obstinator]

robobots and red pandas

[montereybayaquarium]

These aren’t the dorids you’re looking for...

Or maybe they are! Learn more about these super sea slugs and other neat nudibranchs.