Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine mollusks ... but another may have been spotted in the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific. "Deep-sea animals capture the imagination," Robison said.

Up to now, most nudibranchs known to science were described as inching their way over coral reefs, sea grass beds, kelp forests, the deep seafloor and rocky tide pools. By contrast, Dr. Robison ...

The results of these extensive studies, published in the journal "Deep-Sea Research Part I," indicate that the evolution of ...

They spent the next 20 years learning more and gathering enough information to publish the most comprehensive description of ...

“For this nudibranch and some other deep-sea animals, they engulf their prey,” Haddock said. “Instead of being stronger than their dinner, their flexibility absorbs the struggling movements ...

The sea creature, which they nicknamed the ... The mystery mollusk is the first known nudibranch to live in a deep-water column, specifically in the ocean’s midnight zone — open water ...

SEE ALSO: A dominant shark lurks in the deep, dark ocean ... scientists have concluded it's a species of nudibranch, more popularly known as sea slugs. But this creature might not resemble ...

The deep sea refers to the part of the ocean below 200 meters (656 ft.), at which light begins to disappear. Despite making ...