#thuridilla

[herpsandbirds]

Sea Slug (Thuridilla sp.), family Plakobranchidae, suborder Sacoglossa, Australia

This sea slug is not a nudibranch, but is in a different group.

photograph by Bruce Deagle

[pikaole]

Blue sea slug - hologram sticker sheet for patreon

[drawaseaslugeveryday]

day 16: thuridilla picta 📍carribean, east atlantic islands

this slug has been christened, and named minerva

[eurodiverslanzarote]

The seaslug species Thuridilla in the Canary Islands was under a big loop. 🔍

It was described as the Thuridilla picta because it looked very similar to the ones that live in the Carribean. With molecular studies, they figured out that the Thuridilla is actually closely related to its cousins from the Meditereanen and so the name became Thuridilla hopei.

[eurodiverslanzarote]

When you like small slugs Lanzarote is a nice place to find slugs like this Hope's Elysia (Thuridilla hopei). 🐌

Normally we find them on algaes where it is probably feeding on.

[libutron]

Hoff’s Sapsucking Slug - Thuridilla hoffae | ©Ülar Tikk   (Lembeh, Indonesia)

Thuridilla hoffae (Sacoglossa - Plakobranchidae) is a sea slug known from the Indo-Pacific region; its range extends from the Ryukyu Islands to tropical Australia [1].

This species is characterized by its dark blue-black color with a bright orange-yellow line at the parapodial edge, and a broad light blue band running parallel to the parapodial edge just below the edge, separated from the orange-yellow edge by a thin line of blue-black. The rhinophores are also light blue except for the tip which is blue-black. A dorsal patch of blue also occurs on the posterior tip of the foot. The anterior margin of the foot has an orange line [2].