About the size of an apple, this sea lug / nudibranch, named Bathydevius caudactylus, is unlike any sea slug Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have seen previously.
Bathydevius is a swimming sea slug, glows with bioluminescence, and has a body with a paddle-like tail and a large gelatinous hood. It is also the first sea slug found to live in the deep ocean. Typically, sea slugs live on the seafloor or in coastal environments like tidal pools.
Full article at: CNN Science 12nov24