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Steven White

Scientists stunned after colourful, rare sea slug found in UK for the very first time

Experts were stunned after a tiny rare sea creature usually living off Spain was found off Britain for the first time.

Babakina anadoni - a multi-coloured sea slug, measuring just 2cm in length, was captured on camera by Seasearch volunteer Allen Murray during a dive near Melledgan - an uninhabited rock island in the Isles of Scilly during The Wildlife Trust's National Marine Week.

This species is a member of the aeolid nudibranch family and has only been recorded a handful of times along the west coast of Spain and further south in the Atlantic.

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