"For there to be a relatively large, unique, and glowing animal that is in a previously unknown family really underscores the importance of using new technology to catalog this vast environment." ...
The mystery mollusk’s genus name, Bathydevius, is a play on the deep-sea animal’s "devious" nature that fooled researchers, the researchers said. Bathydevius is the first nudibranch, or sea slug, ...
"Several unrelated animals, including the large jellyfish ... In one instance, researchers saw it detach a bioluminescent limb as a decoy, similar to a lizard dropping its tail.
This incredible animal belongs to the group of marine mollusks known as nudibranchs. "It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean's ...
Scientists found a bioluminescent deep-sea animal with a “gelatinous” body and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from MBARI From a research vessel off the coast of California ...