Ziminella vrijenhoeki
| Ziminella vrijenhoeki | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Flabellinidae |
| Genus: | Ziminella |
| Species: | Z. vrijenhoeki |
| Binomial name | |
| Ziminella vrijenhoeki Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018 | |
Ziminella vrijenhoeki is a species of sea slug in the family Flabellinidae.[1]
It was discovered at Monterey Canyon by MBARI researchers near a whale carcass 1000 meters below the surface, and was named after Robert Vrijenhoek, a MBARI evolutionary biologist.[2] It is bright orange, and grows about 20 millimeters long.[2]
References
- ↑ Ekimova I., Carmona L., Mikhlina AL., Grishina D., Stanovova M.V., Schepetov D.M., Hoover C., de Souza-Canal J., Kuznetsov K.O., Valdés A.; (2026). Neither "lumpers" nor "splitters": A global revision of Flabellinidae s.l. nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). PLoS One 21(5): e0347759.
- 1 2 Fulton-Bennett, Kim (2018-12-12). "Five new species of sea slugs found in the ocean depths". MBARI. Retrieved 2019-03-10.