The Most Incredibly Colorful Animals You’ve Never Seen

Published June 22, 2013
Updated May 4, 2018

Incredibly Colorful Animals: Debelius’ Reef Lobster

Coming out to scavenge for food only after the sun sets, the Debelius’ Reef Lobster is territorial and aggressive around other lobsters. And unlike the crustacean of Red Lobster lore, Debelius’ Reef lobsters cloak themselves in white, lavender, orange and violet–not red.

Nembrotha Cristata

Nembrotha cristata are a colorful type of sea slug found in tropical Indo-Western Pacific oceans. Though their bodies are black, the slug is covered in bright green pustules and gills edged in neon green. This bright coloring helps scare predators away, allowing the slugs to safely navigate ocean waters at their slow pace.

The Most Incredibly Colorful Animals Nembrotha Cristata

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Kiri Picone
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Kiri Picone holds a B.A. in English and creative writing from Pepperdine University and has been writing for various digital publishers for more than 10 years.
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John Kuroski
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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.
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Picone, Kiri. "The Most Incredibly Colorful Animals You’ve Never Seen." AllThatsInteresting.com, June 22, 2013, https://allthatsinteresting.com/incredibly-colorful-animals. Accessed April 26, 2024.