Costasiella kuroshimae Ichikawa, 1993
Kuro sap-sucking slug or Shaun the sheep nudibranch
Maximum length: 3 - 7 mm
The body is cream-colored, has white spots and is transparent.
They have white rhinophores with black tips,
a white head and a dark stripe in front of the rhinophores.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Costasiella usagi Ichikawa, 1993
Rabbit sap-sucking slug
Maximum length: 4 - 7 mm
The color varies from green to gray.
Their rhinophores always have black tips.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Costasiella sp.
No english name yet
Maximum length: ?
It is certainly a Costasiella, but an as yet unnamed one,
so I can't give a size, this one had max 5 mm.
It has white rhinophores with black tips.
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Bangka Island North - Sulawesi
Costasiella sp.
No english name yet
Maximum length: ?
This Costasiella is still undescribed, there are still many to be discovered and named.
Photo 1 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Cyerce nigra Bergh, 1871
No english name yet
Maximum length: 15 mm
Orange with a series of black and white lines on the head and the rest of the body.
Photos 1 - 4 Johnny: Bangka Island North - Sulawesi
Cyerce sp.
No english name yet
Maximum length: ? This one had max. 8 mm
It is certainly a Cyerce, but an as yet unnamed one, so I can't give a size,
this one had max 10 mm.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North - Sulawesi
Elysia asbecki Wägele, Stemmer, Burghardt & Händeler, 2010
No english name yet
Maximum length: 20 mm
Greenish with pink markings on the side.
The rhinophores with yellowish rings.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island Indonesia
Elysia marginata Pease, 1871
Dark-margined sap-sucking slug
Maximum length: 50 mm
Variable colors, but always with black spots on the body and an orange border.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
Ocellate plakobranchus or Ringed sap-sucking slug
Maximum length: 60 mm
Due to the chloroplasts of the algae they eat,
they are bright green under the folded side lobes.
The coloration under the lateral lobes varies depending on what they eat.
Photo 1 Astrid: Moalboal Philippines
Photo 2 Johnny: Moalboal Philippines
Plakobranchus papua Meyers-Munoz & van der Velde, 2016
Papua sap-sucking slug
Maximum length: 40 mm
Same description as: see one species above.
Photo 1 Astrid: Moalboal Philippines
Photos 2 - 4 Johnny: Moalboal Philippines
Stiliger sp.
No english name yet
Maximum length: 8 mm
Unfortunately the pictures are not good.
It belongs to the species Stiliger but is unfortunately not yet described.
Photos 1- 2 Johnny: Banga Island North Sulawesi
Thuridilla flavomaculata Gosliner, 1995
Yellow spotted Thuridilla
Maximum length: 22 mm
This species has a greenish ground color with white and yellow spots.
The rhinophores are white with black and white tips.
It is the only one of this genus with scattered yellow spots.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Thuridilla gracilis Risbec, 1928
Graceful thuridilla, Glazed thuridilla or Slender sap-sucker
Maximum length: 25 mm
Greenish black body with white or cream-colored lines.
Rhinophores like the body with variable tips.
Photos 1 - 2 Johnny: Bangka Island North Sulawesi
Orange-edged Sap-sucking slug or Lined thuridilla
Maximum length: 30 mm
The body is bright light blue, the mantle has an orange border,
a dorsal stripe of the same color runs across the body.
The rhinophores are blue below and fade into an orange tone over a black bridge.
Photos 1 - 3 Johnny: Lembeh Strait North - Sulawesi