"Scientists Have Just Named 17 New Sea Slug Species...." Topic

.., and They're All Fabulous

"Nudibranchs, colloquially known as sea slugs, are some of the more eye-popping critters to grace the world's oceans. Now scientists are welcoming 17 newly-named species to the carnival-colored lineage.

Research published recently in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society chronicles the identity of sea slug specimens—all of the genus Hypselodoris—which were collected across the Indo-Pacific over the past decade. The 17 newcomers join the ranks of what the paper calls a "megadiverse" family: There are about 3,000 known species of nudibranchs found everywhere from shallow tidal pools to the deepest ocean trenches, according to senior study author Terry Gosliner, an invertebrate zoologist at the California Academy of Sciences who has personally helped describe about 1,000 sea slugs throughout his epically nudibranch-rich career….."
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Amicalement
Armand

… and I need models of them all! To the sculpting putty!

Very pretty.

@etotheipi, are these to be alien giant see slugs? This is probably closer to what real aliens would look like instead of the usual anthropomorphic designs.

Glad you like them boys!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

Well, one can never have too many varieties of alien giant sea slugs. Nature never ceases to amaze me with its lovely and grotesque designs to copy!

((smile)

Amicalement
Armand