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index of sea slugs on Singapore shores slugs with external gills: large >5cm |
| 1-6 cm. Body soft, fleshy white with black spots. Black tipped rhinophores and black edging on the feathery gills. Coral rubble near reef. Commonly seen on many of our shores. | 5-8cm long. Body soft, fleshy smooth. Red or rose with irregular dark mottling. Underside paler. On rocks with sponges and encrusting animals. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. | 5-6cm long. Body soft, smooth. Blackish with whitish spots. Among seagrasses. Sometimes seen. | 1-6cm. Body soft with tiny prickly bumps all over. Plain black or very dark maroon. Coral rubble. Sometimes seen on some of our shores. | 5-10cm long. Body soft, broad with bumps and pimples. Distinguished by the large blue spots. Seagrasses and seaweeds. Sometimes seen on our northern shores. |
| 6-10 cm long. Body broad, hard with prominent hump along the centre of the otherwise flat body. Coral rubble. Commonly seen on many of our shores. | 8-10cm long. Body broad, soft with faint dark ovals about 3-4 in three rows. Underside pale with grey or brown blotches and spots. Coral rubble. Commonly seen on our Northern shores. | 4-8cm long. Body broad, hard with small 'pimples'. Underside yellow with brown or black spots. Coral rubble. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. | 4-5cm. Body broad, hard, covered with large rounded bumps. Underside pale with dark blotches near the edges. Seagrasses and seaweeds. Sometimes seen on our Northern shores. |
| 2-6cm. Body long, hard, lemon-yellow with black-edged ruffled edges. Constantly rotates its feathery gills. On rubble. Commonly seen on our Southern shores. | 4-6cm. Body hard, with many lobes on the sides. A large shield in front of the gills. Reefs and rubble Sometimes seen on some of our shores. | 4-6cm. Body hard, with lobes only at the end of the body. A large shield behind the gills. Reefs and rubble More commonly seen by divers. |
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