/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

4,893 Subscribers

162

The New Zealand Pickle Slug(Athoracophorus papillatus)

5 Comments
2024/10/08
21:09 UTC

135

Nudibranch (gymnodoris inornata), Shek Ngau Chau, Hong Kong, September 2024 (OC).

3 Comments
2024/09/16
13:32 UTC

79

Nudibranch (Pteraeolidia), Tung Ping Chau, Hong Kong, August 2024 (OC)

2 Comments
2024/08/25
14:52 UTC

148

Unknown species of slug from Tanzania, Photographed by Matthieu Berroneau in early 2024

8 Comments
2024/06/11
21:28 UTC

74

Phyllidia ocellata nudibranch, off Sung Kong Island, Hong Kong, June 2024 (OC)

1 Comment
2024/06/09
15:27 UTC

125

Lettuce Slug!!

4 Comments
2024/04/25
19:10 UTC

70

Chromodoris annae, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)

1 Comment
2024/03/08
13:03 UTC

73

Chromodoris willani nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024

1 Comment
2024/03/01
13:42 UTC

44

Thecacera picta, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)

1 Comment
2024/02/28
14:12 UTC

80

The gills (purple) & rhinophores (pink) of a Nembrotha chamberlaini nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024 (OC)

2 Comments
2024/02/20
15:18 UTC

45

Hypeselodoris apolegma nudibranch, Anilao, Philippines, January 2024. Olympus TG-5 + darktable (OC)

2 Comments
2024/02/15
14:09 UTC

64

Batwing sea slug, Sagaminopteron psychedelicum

3 Comments
2023/12/30
14:47 UTC

45

Muangnua arborea, a recently discovered species of semislug from Thailand

7 Comments
2023/12/18
14:44 UTC

66

Thuridilla gracilis

3 Comments
2023/12/15
23:28 UTC

75

Nembrotha chamberlaini

3 Comments
2023/12/14
11:31 UTC

48

Cabangus regius

3 Comments
2023/12/11
11:53 UTC

189

Unidentia angelvaldesi

18 Comments
2023/12/09
15:15 UTC

16

Undescribed species of tailed snail in the family Urocyclidae

3 Comments
2023/12/07
23:21 UTC

38

Semi-slug (Helicarion sp,), Masungi GeoReserve, Philippines

4 Comments
2023/12/06
19:54 UTC

99

Seagrass sea hare (Phyllaplysia sp.)

6 Comments
2023/12/05
14:08 UTC

84

Unidentified slug from Montagne d'Ambre, Madagascar

3 Comments
2023/12/03
15:00 UTC

61

Unidentified member of Helicarionidae, a family of semi-slugs

3 Comments
2023/12/02
00:56 UTC

102

Harold Dundee's leatherback slug (Laevicaulis haroldi)

5 Comments
2023/11/30
16:34 UTC

140

Undescribed semi-slug, likely in the Family Amphibulimidae

6 Comments
2023/11/28
23:59 UTC

110

Unidentified orange-bordered slug (Veronicellidae?), Paraná, Brazil

7 Comments
2023/11/28
00:23 UTC

61

Boreolestes sylvestris

3 Comments
2023/11/26
22:33 UTC

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