The sea slug’s body is made up of a large gelatinous ... using their muscular foot to anchor to the muddy seafloor before releasing their eggs. MBARI scientists said that it was only thanks ...

While most sea slugs use a raspy tongue to feed on prey ... foot to attach to the muddy seafloor in order to release their eggs. Detailed examination of specific gene sequences confirmed that ...

While most sea slugs use a raspy tongue to feed on prey ... foot to attach to the muddy seafloor in order to release their eggs. “What is exciting to me about the mystery mollusc is that it ...

Generally, most sea slugs “live on the seafloor” or in coastal ... where the animals “appeared to be spawning ribbons of eggs,” the study said. One “rare specimen that made it to the ...

When it is time to release eggs, they descend and use their foot to temporarily attach to the seafloor.When it needs to evade predators, the sea slug relies on its transparent body to hide in ...