Sea slug can mean:
- Sea slug, a common name for a nudibranch, a member of the order Nudibranchia of opisthobranch gastropods
- Sea slugs (Opisthobranchia), a common name that is also applied to a very large group of heterobranch gastropod mollusks, which includes the nudibranchs, sea hares, Sacoglossans and others, some of which have reduced shells, and many of which are shell-less
- Other groups of shell-less or reduced-shell marine gastropods, including the sorbeoconch family Carinarioidea and the pulmonate sea slug family Onchidiidae
- Erroneously used to refer to the sea cucumber (especially in translation of the Japanese word namako)
- Sea Slug missile, anti-aircraft missiles, as formerly used by the Royal Navy
A nudibranch (pronounced (BrE or (AmE is a member of one Suborder of soft-bodied shell-less marine Opisthobranch Gastropod Mollusks An opisthobranch (ō-pĭsʹthə-brăngk is any member of the very large and diverse group of rather specialized highly evolved marine slugs and snails ( marine Gastropod Onchidiidae are a family of small air-breathing sea Slugs They are shell-less marine Pulmonate Gastropod Molluscs These The sea cucumber (also known as trepang, bêche-de-mer, or ambiguously Sea slug) is an Echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea Sea Slug was a first generation Surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth (later part of the Hawker Siddeley group for use by the
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