Mysterious Purple Orb | Nautilus Live

Published on Jul 25, 2016

UPDATE: We're still working on a species ID with our science partners at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, but currently we're thinking the purple orb is a pleurobranch, a nudibranch relative. Both are types of sea slugs, like this one: http://nautl.us/2arhstb via ~ EVNautilus

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