Bathydevius caudactylus is the first nudibranch known to live in the deep water column.
Notes on verification
Directly supported by the peer-reviewed species description (Robison & Haddock 2024) and consistently corroborated by MBARI press materials and multiple independent science journalism outlets, though all trace back to the same original source. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.95 clusters=6 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on Robison & Haddock (2024) species description paper and MBARI's associated press release (upstreams: Robison & Haddock 2024, Deep Sea Research Part I, MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high (extractor: interpretive/medium)]
Sources
- Remarkable new swimming sea slug in the deep sea | ScienceDaily (seed:animals_and_wildlife)
- https://www.mbari.org/news/mbari-researchers-discover-remarkable-new-swimming-sea-slug-in-the-deep-sea/ (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063724001845 (corroboration)
- https://www.mbari.org/animal/mystery-mollusc/ (corroboration)
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/glowing-mystery-mollusk-finally-identified/ (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencealert.com/ghostly-creature-deep-in-the-ocean-is-like-nothing-weve-seen-before (corroboration)
- https://www.science.org/content/article/glowing-deep-diving-sea-slug-mystified-scientists-now-it-has-name (corroboration)
- https://www.npr.org/2024/11/15/1213159044/ocean-mystery-mollusk-sea (corroboration)