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Squirmbag

When all candidates for a specific digit in 5 rows are located in only 5 columns, we can eliminate all candidates for that digit in the other columns that are not located in those 5 rows. (And vice versa for columns/rows).

Translation: They are very difficult to detect. It is a jellyfish with an additional column or row (5x5x5x5x5; 5x3x2x3x4, etc).

The “excluded” cannot be between two cells of the Squirmbag.

In the Sudoku below: Row (3x2x2x3x4) or Column (2x2x2x3x5):

Another example, for the number “5”:

In the same sudoku, for the number “7”: