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Side-gilled sea slug a first for Britain

March 4, 2024 / March 6, 2024 by HAL

A new species of side-gilled sea slug, Pleurobranchaea britannica, was discovered off the coast of Britain in 2018 and 2019. Measuring 2-5cm, it resembles Pleurobranchaea meckeli but was identified through DNA analysis by researchers at the University of Cadiz. Read the article

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