This colorful nudibranch is one of the more than 300 new species discovered in the Philippines

Biologist Dr. Terry Gosliner discovered this new species of nudibranch. This brightly colored mollusk has no shell but produces powerful toxins to keep potential predators at bay.

               The survey, headed by the California Academy of Sciences, documented both terrestrial and marine life forms from the tops of the highest mountains to the depths of the sea.

Over the course of the expedition, scientists discovered more than 300 species that are likely new to science, including dozens of new insects and spiders, deep-sea armored corals, ornate sea pens, bizarre new sea urchins and sea stars, a shrimp-eating swell shark, and more than 50 colorful new sea slugs. These discoveries will be confirmed and described over the coming months, as the scientists use both microscopes and DNA sequencing to analyze their specimens.