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 ...

A GHOSTLY new species of sea slug has been discovered in the 'midnight zone' - more than 7,000ft below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ...

Deep-sea researchers have discovered a strange glowing sea slug off the coast of California that lives in the water column — unlike most other species of its kind. Hypnotizing footage reveals a ...

"Everyone in the control room let out a loud 'Oooooh!' at the same time. We were all enchanted," a researcher said.

With a large, gelatinous hood, tail like a paddle, and bright bioluminescence Bathydevius caudactylus is so unique that it belongs to a whole new family of sea slugs. The animal nicknamed the “mystery ...

Through detailed investigations of anatomy and genetics, they began to solve the mystery, finally confirming that this incredible animal is a nudibranch. Most nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs ...

With a large, gelatinous hood, tail like a paddle, and bright bioluminescence Bathydevius caudactylus is so unique that it belongs to a whole new family of sea slugs. The animal nicknamed the ...

Researchers were baffled by a bioluminescent mollusk that lives in the deep ocean. They just discovered it's a new species of sea slug.

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus ...