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Apr 24, 2026 ♥1

Who is the "Bergh" in so many sea slug names? Rudolph Bergh, a 19th-century Danish anatomist

Jul 16, 2026 ♥2

Who is the Bergh behind so many sea slug names? Rudolph Bergh (1824-1909), a Copenhagen physician and anatomist,...

Is the Okinawan animal Coryphellina pseudolotos?

Jul 14, 2026 ♥2

Is Discodorididae sp.26 a Gargamella?

Jul 13, 2026

The Sea Slug World app is here

Jul 13, 2026 ♥3

The official Sea Slug World app for iOS and Android is here. Carry an encyclopedia of 2,100+ species and AI-powered...

The book's Goniodoridella unidonta is not unidonta (the identification, and what COI can and cannot say)

Jul 11, 2026 ♥2

Two Japanese vernacular names for one cryptic species (Phyllodesmium sp. 8)

Jul 10, 2026 ♥2

Is the Okinawan animal really distinct from Dermatobranchus albus? (Can one unpublished sequence overturn a published treatment?)

Jul 9, 2026 ♥1

The steps between a DNA match and a new name (Ascobulla, Mourgona, Volvatella)

Jul 8, 2026

Sea Slugs of Okinawa (Imagawa 2026): 16 species with DNA-confirmed identity

Jul 7, 2026

From the 81 new Japanese vernacular names in Imagawa 2026 Sea Slugs of Okinawa, 8 species where identity is anchored...

Imagawa 2026 Sea Slugs of Okinawa: new Japanese vernacular names proposed

Jul 6, 2026 ♥2

Seibundo Shinkosha releases Imagawa 2026 Sea Slugs of Okinawa, proposing new Japanese vernacular names anchored to...

Why does a sea slug catalogue start with snails?

Jul 1, 2026 ♥2

Orange-umikocho and kurofuchi-umikocho — a long-running ID mix-up in Japanese Siphopteron

Jul 1, 2026

Thecacera pikachu: the 'Pikachu nudibranch' finally gets its name (East Timor, 2026)

Jun 30, 2026

Aeolidiidae revised — Novaeolidiella janae and a cryptic Aeolidiella avatar

Jun 29, 2026

A new Anteaeolidiella (A. decorus) from China — and also found in Japan

Jun 28, 2026 ♥1

Sea slug DNA identification: what COI, 16S, and H3 reveal

Jun 27, 2026 ♥3

Hantazuia: three new sea slugs (including one named after me)

Jun 27, 2026

A new Pseudobornella from China — and rethinking what we call P. orientalis in Japan

Jun 26, 2026

Soft-sediment Fionidae get a major revision — and several Indo-Pacific "sp." finally get names

Jun 25, 2026