Bathydevius
| Bathydevius | |
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| A Bathydevius photographed in 2002 near Davidson Seamount. The tail is facing towards the camera and the hood behind | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Bathydeviidae Robison & Haddock, 2024 |
| Genus: | Bathydevius Robison & Haddock, 2024 |
| Species: | B. caudactylus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathydevius caudactylus Robison & Haddock, 2024
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Bathydevius (from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús), meaning "deep", and Latin dēvius, meaning "out of the way") is a monotypic genus of unusual, highly distinctive nudibranch (sea slug) native to deep waters of the North Pacific Ocean. It contains a single species, B. caudactylus ("finger tail"), and is the only known member of the monotypic family Bathydeviidae.