Bathydevius caudactylus reaches a total length of about 14.5 centimeters (5.6 inches).
Notes on verification
Confirmed by peer-reviewed original species description (Robison & Haddock 2024) and corroborated by MBARI's official press release/fact sheet plus multiple science news outlets, though most secondary sources trace back to the same primary paper and MBARI data. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists,wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on Robison & Haddock 2024 species description paper and MBARI's official fact sheet derived from it (upstreams: Robison & Haddock 2024, Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers (species description paper), MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) press materials/fact sheet) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
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)