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Rare 'alien-like' sea slugs found in rock pools

Non-native and rare species of sea slugs described as looking like aliens have been found by a group studying rock pools. The depilatory sea hare (Aplysia depilans), usually found in the eastern ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Sea Slugs Can ‘Eat’ Sunlight—but They’re No Astrophage. Here’s How the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Antagonist Has a Real-Life Analogue in Earth’s Oceans

Like Astrophage, the solar-radiation-eating microbes in Andy Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary, some sea slugs can derive energy from sunlight. Niamh Ordner Like Astrophage, the solar-radiation-eating ...