A "ghost" slug found in a garden in Cardiff has been declared a new species by specialists at the National Museum of Wales and Cardiff University.
They have given the creature a partially Welsh name, Selenochlamys ysbryda, or ghost (ysbryd) slug.
Unlike most slugs, the ghost slug is carnivorous and kills earthworms at night with powerful, blade-like teeth, sucking them in like spaghetti.
It has no eyes or bodily colouring and lives underground.
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/7498195.stm
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