"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 ...
‘Large’-eyed sea creature — with ‘canine-like’ teeth — discovered as new species
Near an island in the South Pacific Ocean, a bright red sea creature with “canine-like” teeth swam around the coral reef. Maybe it was its vibrant coloring or its spiny body, but something about 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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6-foot-long sea creature — with ‘sharp’ snout — discovered as new species in Colombia
documenting the sea animals they saw. One particular animal caught their attention: some “large” stingrays that didn’t quite match any known species and had “surprisingly gone unnoticed ...
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Deep-sea creature — waiting in ‘glass sponges’ to ambush — is new species in Pacific
The species were found exclusively “living in association with deep-sea glass sponges on seamounts in the northwest Pacific,” so far, according to the study. The animals were found at a depth around 3 ...
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 ...