AdvertisementIn 2000, scientists spotted a bioluminescent mollusk in the deep sea.
It turned out to be a new species of sea slug that's perfectly adapted to the deep ocean.
Researchers from the MBARI dubbed it Bathydevius caudactylus and recently published their findings in the peer-reviewed journal Deep Sea Research Part I.Bathydevius is unlike any sea slug the scientists had ever seen.
At first, no one knew how to classify the strange sea slug.
A sea slug in the midnight zoneA low-light camera system captured the bioluminescence display of the Bathydevius caudactylus sea slug.
Persons:
It's, Bruce Robison, Robison, MBARI, it's
Organizations:
Aquarium Research Institute, CNN
Locations:
Monterey Bay , California, Monterey, what's, Oregon, Southern California