A group of researchers discovered up to 39 new species in the depths Pacific Ocean.
Thanks to research published in the journal ZukiScientists from the Natural History Museum in London studied 48 different species in the abyssal plains of the Clarion-Clipperton zone, between Hawaii and Mexico, at an altitude of 4800 meters below sea level.
new species discovered
Using a remote-controlled vehicle equipped with a robotic claw, the team was able to bring the animals to the surface, where they could be closely examined and genetically analyzed. It was important to know the DNA of a species in order to determine its uniqueness.
The species found include lazy starfish, because it lies at the bottom of the sea.
In addition, new types sea cucumbersas well as previously undocumented worms, jellyfish, corals and other segmented invertebrates.
and famous species
Familiar faces were also spotted on the expedition. One of the curious species was the “marmalade squirrel” (Psychropots longicaud), a sea cucumber a peculiar species that has 18 short feeding tentacles.
They also observed a species called Vitreous Penyagonanother deep sea cucumber discovered by the HMS Challenger expedition in the 1870s.
Study lead author Dr Guadalupe Bribesca-Contreras of the Natural History Museum said: “This study is important not only because of the number of new species possibly discovered, but also because these megafauna specimens have previously only been studied from images of the ocean floor. sea.
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