/r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs

Photograph via snooOG

Land slugs and sea slugs are welcome. Worms and sea cucumbers are not.

Land slugs and sea slugs are welcome. Worms and sea cucumbers are not.


1) Genetic unusualness

Real slugs with distinctly unusual visuals, behaviors, or facts.

Allowed "slugs":

  • land slugs / sea slugs / semi-slugs
  • nudibranchs / pleurobranchs
  • sacoglossans with no shells (Plakobranchacea)
  • headshield slugs
  • sea angels
  • sea hares
  • bubble snails (due to reduced shell)

Banned "slugs":

  • sea cucumbers
  • most snails
  • worms

2) Correct species name in title

Requires the common or scientific name, but reasonable mistakes won't be removed. This is helpful for education, searching, and research.

3) Minimum picture size = 400 by 400 pixels

4) "Good format"

  • No "photoshop" (minimal oversaturation, no deception)
  • No reaction text/emojis (no memes, no commentary)
  • No bad cropping (minimal black bars, no obvious screenshots)

Artwork is only allowed when extinct, nearly extinct, or beside a photograph.

5) Gifs/Videos allowed

Must have motion footage of the slug.

6) No compilations

No posts focusing on 3+ slug species.

7) No recent reposts

Try using the search bar before submitting.

  • No reposting: within 3 months
  • No species reposting: within 1 month


r/PicsofUnusualBirds

r/AIDKE (Animals I Didn't Know Existed)

/r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs

3,891 Subscribers

17

Chromodoris reticulata

2 Comments
2023/09/27
10:48 UTC

31

Phyllodesmium magnum

5 Comments
2023/09/26
07:34 UTC

41

Ceratosoma amoenum

6 Comments
2023/09/23
23:07 UTC

50

Acanthodoris lutea

6 Comments
2023/09/22
21:11 UTC

53

Nembrotha kubaryana

6 Comments
2023/09/21
20:31 UTC

43

Chromodoris alius

7 Comments
2023/09/20
14:23 UTC

27

Adams Bornella (Bornella adamsii)

4 Comments
2023/09/18
11:11 UTC

63

Phyllodesmium poindimiei

9 Comments
2023/09/17
10:30 UTC

16

Janolus savinkini

3 Comments
2023/09/16
01:15 UTC

30

Hermissenda opalescens

4 Comments
2023/09/15
00:46 UTC

27

Likely Trinchesia sp. (two color variations, orange and black)

6 Comments
2023/09/13
16:48 UTC

44

Modest Cadlina (Cadlina modesta)

6 Comments
2023/09/11
13:52 UTC

37

Diaulula sandiegensis

6 Comments
2023/09/10
13:53 UTC

42

Ceratosoma sinuata

3 Comments
2023/09/09
02:34 UTC

39

Elysia crispata - Lettuce sea slug

3 Comments
2023/09/07
23:59 UTC

27

Sea butterfly (Thecosomata), a type of holoplanktonic opisthobranch gastropod mollusks (basically a pelagic semi-slug)

5 Comments
2023/09/07
00:05 UTC

45

Elysia Chlorotica (leaf sea slug)

4 Comments
2023/09/05
23:49 UTC

51

Triopha maculata, dark variant

3 Comments
2023/09/04
23:40 UTC

40

Banyuls sec vallenti

3 Comments
2023/09/03
23:34 UTC

49

Mexichromis multituberculata

5 Comments
2023/09/02
11:13 UTC

66

Phyllidiella pustulosa

8 Comments
2023/08/31
23:50 UTC

50

Hydatina physis, a species of semi-slug

3 Comments
2023/08/31
00:12 UTC

44

Mediterranean "sea cow" (Vaquita suiza)

5 Comments
2023/08/29
18:57 UTC

34

Onchidoris bilamellata

3 Comments
2023/08/28
16:48 UTC

42

Unidentified nudibranch, photo by Todd Aki

4 Comments
2023/08/27
17:08 UTC

30

Siphopteron cf. quadrispinosum (batwing slug), Pulau Hantu, Singapore

3 Comments
2023/08/26
11:02 UTC

45

Donut nudibranch (Doto greenamyeri)

6 Comments
2023/08/25
11:56 UTC

57

Chromodoris sinensis

4 Comments
2023/08/24
00:21 UTC

29

Hypselodoris Apolegma

4 Comments
2023/08/23
01:46 UTC

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