| Ziminella vrijenhoeki | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Paracoryphellidae |
| Genus: | Ziminella |
| Species: | Z. vrijenhoeki |
| Binomial name | |
| Ziminella vrijenhoeki Valdés, Lundsten & N. G. Wilson, 2018 | |
Ziminella vrijenhoeki is a species of sea slug in the family Paracoryphellidae. [1] It was discovered at Monterey Canyon by MBARI researchers near a whale carcass 1000 meters below the surface, and was named after Robert Vrijenhoek, a MBARI evolutionary biologist. [2] It is bright orange, and grows about 20 millimeters long. [2]