Ziminella vrijenhoeki is a species of sea slug in the family Paracoryphellidae.Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025.
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. It is bright orange, and grows about 20 millimeters long.
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