Thursday, 12 February 2026

New Deep-Sea Nudibranch Species Identified After Years as a Mystery Mollusk

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New Deep-Sea Nudibranch Species Identified After Years as a Mystery Mollusk

โ€œScientists have finally solved the mystery of the glowing jelly blob they kept spotting in deep-sea footage โ€” turns out it's a brand-new species of nudibranch that sheds body parts when threatened and regenerates them later. The midnight zone dweller had marine biologists scratching their heads for years because it doesn't crawl like other sea slugs and seems to casually drop tentacles like a cosmic lava lamp with commitment issues.โ€

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