"Guitar shark" and snail with venomous "harpoons" among 866 new marine species discovered in ocean
New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine ...
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866 New Species Discovered in the Ocean ... Including Guitar Shark
The exhaustive research has been conducted as part of the Nippon Foundation Nekton Ocean Census. Launched in April 2023, the ...
Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...
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From a Guitar Shark to an Octocoral, Scientists Discover More Than 800 Marine Species
Scientists have identified 866 new species as part of the Ocean Census, a global mission to protect and accelerate the ...
‘Fragile’ deep-sea creature — with 20 tentacles — discovered as new species in Pacific
Deep below the surface of the ocean in the South China Sea, a robot named “discovery” searched the seafloor for life. Faxian, ...
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Name a New Species
This new species of Themis scaleworm (Polynoidae, a group of annelid worms) was collected at 1800 m depth in Monterey Submarine Canyon at a whale fall, where the remains of a deceased whale support a ...
Researchers inside deep-sea vehicle collect strange creatures — and find new species
The sea cucumber’s color is “unique,” researchers said, and its smaller number of tentacles (15 compared to 18 found in other related species) sets the animal apart. The species earns its name from a ...