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Ziminella vrijenhoeki

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Ziminella vrijenhoeki
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Z. vrijenhoeki
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Ziminella vrijenhoeki
Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018

Ziminella vrijenhoeki is a species of sea slug in the family Paracoryphellidae.[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]

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ziminella vrijenhoeki Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  2. ^ a b Fulton-Bennett, Kim (2018-12-12). "Five new species of sea slugs found in the ocean depths". MBARI. Retrieved 2019-03-10.