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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 ...
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute scientists have discovered Bathydevius caudactylus, a new species of glowing sea slug that lives deep in the ocean.
An unusual sea slug with a large hood, a tail with fingerlike projections and glowing bioluminescence has been found living off ... “This species is the third time that this special ability has ...
Firefly (species unknown) with and without flash. Foxfire in the fungus Panellus stipticus Blue ocean glow caused by myriad tiny organisms, such as Noctiluca. Noctiluca scintillans, a bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms.
Bathydevius (Greek for "deep-living deviation") is a monotypic genus of unusual, highly distinctive nudibranch native to deep waters of the North Pacific Ocean.It contains a single species, B. caudactylus ("finger tail"), and is the only known member of the monotypic family Bathydeviidae.
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it is a new species of sea slug. The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute posted video online of the new sea slug floating gently in the depths.
Elysia chlorotica (common name the eastern emerald elysia) is a small-to-medium-sized species of green sea slug, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc. This sea slug superficially resembles a nudibranch, yet it does not belong to that clade. Instead it is a member of the clade Sacoglossa, the sap-sucking sea slugs.
The related group of sacoglossan sea slugs feed on algae and retain just the chloroplasts for their own photosynthetic use, a process known as kleptoplasty. Some of these species have been observed practising autotomy, severing portions of their body to remove parasites, and have been observed to regrow their head if decapitated. [25]