Bathydevius caudactylus is the first known sea slug to live in the deep water column. It lives in the ocean’s midnight zone–a wide area of open water about 3,300 to 13,100 feet below the surface.

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 ...

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean's midnight zone with a large gelatinous hood and ...

The species has "unique" adaptations for life in the pitch-black depths. The post Newly discovered sea slug found deep in ocean’s ‘midnight’ zone appeared first on Talker.

Another 20 of the sea slugs were spied on the seafloor between depths of 7,444 and 13,153 feet. ... Bathydevius caudactylus, gen. et. sp. nov. Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research ...

Bathydevius is a swimming sea slug that glows with bioluminescence and has a body with a paddle-like tail and a large gelatinous hood, and it’s the first sea slug found to live in the deep ocean ...

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. When you purchase through ...

It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was actually a sea slug. By William J. Broad Bruce Robison, a marine ...

A bioluminescent sea slug was recently discovered. The deep sea creature catches prey similar to a Venus fly trap. mbari. 5. The sea slug has been scarcely observed about 150 times since the year ...

In 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea.; The animal was so unique that they had no idea what it was until they did genetic testing. It turned out to be a new species ...

The sea slug is about 5.6 inches long and has a transparent body with colorful, visible organs. It flexes its whole body to swim in an up-and-down motion or flows with the currents to travel the ...

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 R… ...