Bathydevius caudactylus reaches a total length of about 1…

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Bathydevius caudactylus reaches a total length of about 14.5 centimeters (5.6 inches).

Notes on verification

Confirmed by peer-reviewed original species description (Robison & Haddock 2024) and corroborated by MBARI's official press release/fact sheet plus multiple science news outlets, though most secondary sources trace back to the same primary paper and MBARI data.

Sources

Remarkable new swimming sea slug in the deep sea | ScienceDaily (sciencedaily.com)
https://www.mbari.org/news/mbari-researchers-discover-remarkable-new-swimming-sea-slug-in-the-deep-sea/ (mbari.org)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967063724001845 (sciencedirect.com)

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