- E/V Nautilus team find likely sea slug 5,000ft below sea off Santa Barbara
- Analysis reveals foot and proboscis, making it ‘a gastropod of some kind’
More than 5,000ft below the surface of the ocean, in a canyon off the coast of southern California, the purple, globular creature appeared to glow under the submersible’s lights.
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Source: Guardian Environment