One side of the nudibranch — known colloquially as a sea slug — is a “voluminous hooded structure at one end” with a “tail fringed with numerous finger-like projections at the other ...

The hood of B. caudactylus can also act something like a Venus flytrap. While it is not a hinged structure like the leaves of ...

The newly described species of sea slug dwells in darkness in the ocean’s midnight zone, using a hood to capture prey with a ...

"Although the apple-size species, named Bathydevius caudactylus, is classified as a sea slug, the marine animal is unlike any sea slug Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have seen ...

Marine biologists have found a new sea slug that is right at home in the ocean’s deep and dark midnight zone. With a large, gelatinous hood, tail like a paddle, and bright bioluminescence ...

Sea slugs are small, shell-less molluscs - like the slugs you get on land! Because they live in lots of interesting places in the sea, they come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours.

Nudibranchs, commonly known as sea slugs, are a group of shell-less marine molluscs. Their name means 'naked gill', referring to the breathing apparatus on the outside of their soft bodies. But these ...

It shows that there's still work to be done," said Peter Barry of CEFAS. Sea slugs are a type of shell-less marine mollusc renowned for their remarkable variety and beauty. Despite their ...

Sea slugs, also known as nudibranchs, are actually shell-less molluscs, according to the Natural History Museum in London. In ...