A cryptic species of sea slugs has been discovered at Keelung, Taiwan.
Thecacera sesama #芝麻角鞘海蛞蝓 is named after its signature black dots resembling sesame seeds.
Measuring just three millimetres long, the tiny nudibranch exhibits four primary behaviours: feeding, searching, mating, laying eggs.
Min Chao
Measuring just 3 millimeters, a tiny sea slug with black and yellow spots resembling sesame seeds has been discovered in Taiwan.
Thecacera sesama' is the first of its genus named in nearly 30 years, the find underscores how many small marine organisms remain undocumented.
Researchers have found a new-to-science species of a tiny sea slug with black and yellow spots resembling “scattered sesame seeds.” Measuring just three millimeters long (0.1 inches long), the…