It has a hood like a jellyfish ... of sea slugs. Researchers from the MBARI dubbed it Bathydevius caudactylus and recently published their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Deep Sea Research ...
In 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea. The animal was so unique ... It has a hood like a jellyfish and a "foot" like a snail, and it hunts prey like some anemones.
LURKING, often thousands of feet deep below the ocean surface, are creatures that sometimes don’t look like they should be earthbound. Humans are becoming well-acquainted with these ...
It’s a new species of sea slug that they’ve named Bathydevius caudactylus, they report this week in the journal Deep-Sea Research ... Nudibranchs primarily eat jellyfish, anemones, sponges ...
“What is exciting to me about the mystery mollusk is that it exemplifies how much we are learning as we spend more time in the deep sea, particularly below 2,000 meters,” said Haddock. “For there to ...