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This analysis showed the creature was a new species that belonged to a previously unknown family of nudibranch, or sea slug.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The specimen is considered a sea slug and spends most of its life floating upside-down at the surface and staying afloat by storing air bubbles in its stomach, the organization wrote.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2024
Engineers have used cells from sea slugs, jellyfish, and rats to create a plethora of simultaneously fascinating and dystopian-looking machines capable of crawling, swimming and walking.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
The otters prey on crabs, which in turn feed on grazing invertebrates such as sea slugs that clean algae from seagrasses.
—Michael Heithaus, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
The specimen is considered a sea slug and spends most of its life floating upside-down at the surface and staying afloat by storing air bubbles in its stomach, the organization wrote.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2024
Engineers have used cells from sea slugs, jellyfish, and rats to create a plethora of simultaneously fascinating and dystopian-looking machines capable of crawling, swimming and walking.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Sep. 2024
The otters prey on crabs, which in turn feed on grazing invertebrates such as sea slugs that clean algae from seagrasses.
—Michael Heithaus, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Sea slug.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20slug. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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