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Bathydevius is a bizarre nudibranch with a highly unusual appearance, ecology, and taxonomy. It is the first known nudibranch to inhabit the bathypelagic zone, and only one of very few pelagic, free-swimming genera within this generally benthic group.
Gymnodoris rubropapulosa is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1828. It was first described in 1828. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The greatest diversity of nudibranchs is seen in warm, shallow reefs, although one nudibranch species was discovered at a depth near 2,500 m (8,200 ft). [10] This nudibranch, described in 2024 as Bathydevius , is the only known nudibranch with a bathypelagic lifestyle and is one of the very few to be bioluminescent .
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Goniobranchus annulatus is a large smooth pale-bodied nudibranch with many vivid yellow spots, though these may be absent in some individuals. It has one purple ring around the gills and another ring around the rhinophores.
Tambja morosa, also known as Tambja kushimotoensis or gloomy nudibranch, [3] is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Nembrothinae [4] within the family Polyceridae. [2] [5] This species is instead sometimes placed in the family Gymnodorididae. [6]
Dendronotus iris, also known as the rainbow nudibranch, is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dendronotidae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Distribution
Before finding G. atlanticus off Andhra Pradesh, these nudibranchs were documented as having been seen in the Bay of Bengal and off the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, over 677 km apart. [17] G. atlanticus was also recently found off Bermuda in January 2016, [ 18 ] and uncommonly washes ashore on east coast beaches at Barbados, Lesser Antilles.