Sea angels found outside natural habitat in Miyagi Prefecture

A clione that was found off Miyagi Prefecture swims along with a clione that was found off
Abashiri, Hokkaido. (Photo courtesy of Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium)

JAPAN, MATSUSHIMA, Miyagi (mainichi) -- A pair of clione -- sea creatures that look like angels and which usually live in cold seas like the Okhotsk -- were found in a warmer sea off Miyagi Prefecture, and were put on display at an aquarium here.

The clione, which are classified as mollusks and are also known as sea angels, have been on display at Marinepia Matsushima Aquarium in Matsushima since earlier this month.

A fishing boat caught the pair of clione, which measure about 2 centimeters long, in a fishing net off Miyagi Prefecture on April 16 in an extremely unusual case of the creature found alive in a sea further south than Hokkaido. full story