The creature is also spectacularly bioluminescent with a vivid neon blue glow ... journal Deep Sea Research Part I. One side of the nudibranch — known colloquially as a sea slug — is a ...

Marine scientists have identified and named a mysterious creature of the deep sea after studying the elusive sea slug for twenty years. Bathydevius caudactylus is a newly identified sea slug that ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of glowing sea slug deep in the ocean’s midnight zone. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) scientists said in a press release on Tuesday ...

Possibly the most extreme oceangoer is Glaucus atlanticus, otherwise known as the Blue sea slug or Sea swallow. This species spends its life belly side up at the surface, ingesting bubbles of ...

California researchers this week announced that it is a new species of sea slug. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute posted video online of the new sea slug floating gently in the depths.

The mystery mollusc (Bathydevius caudactylus) lives in the midnight zone, requiring unique adaptations to survive in an environment of frigid temperatures, inky darkness, and crushing pressure.

More than 20 years after first observing a glowing creature in the deep sea California researchers have identified it as a new species of sea slug. Abbott issues executive order to arrest CCP ...

This unique mouth shape is used to trap crustaceans, unlike other sea slugs that use a raspy tongue to feed on prey attached to the seafloor. It only glows a bioluminescent blue when it feels ...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute posted video online of the new sea slug floating gently in the depths. Using a remote vehicle, scientists with the institute first noticed what they ...

6 in the peer-reviewed journal Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. Eventually, researchers realized they’d discovered an “exceptional” sea slug: Bathydevius caudactylus.

MONTEREY BAY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) announced Tuesday that they've discovered a new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea known as Bathydevius ...