Scientists have found more than 30 new species living at the bottom of the sea
Scientists have found more than 30 new species living at the bottom of the sea, as the “Guardian” newspaper writes. Researchers from the UK’s Natural History Museum, with the help of machines, managed to collect samples from the Clarion-Clipperton zone in the central Pacific. Previously, some marine species were studied only from photographs.
The study, published in the journal Zookeys, found that there is a high species diversity of larger organisms in the ocean. Of the 55 specimens recovered, 48 belonged to different species.
Species found include invertebrates from the same family as centipedes, marine animals from the same family as jellyfish, and various types of coral. Thirty-six specimens were found at depths greater than 4,800 meters, two were collected on a seamount slope at 4,125 meters, and 17 were found at depths between 3,095 and 3,562 meters.
The lead author of the study, Dr. Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contrerasof the Natural History Museum, said: “This research is important not only because of the number of potentially new species discovered, but also because these megafauna specimens had previously only been studied from seabed images. Without the samples and the DNA data they contain, we cannot properly identify species and understand how many different species there are».
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