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Daily Life On The Vietnamese Island Of Phu Quoc
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Daily Life On The Vietnamese Island Of Phu Quoc
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Daily Life On The Vietnamese Island Of Phu Quoc
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FEATURE - Wissenschaftler entdecken neue Tiefseekreatur nur mit Hilfe von Video
Scientists have discovered a new sea creature lurking at the bottom of the ocean.
The newly named Duobrachium sparksae was discovered two and a half miles below sea level in an underwater canyon north-west of Puerto Rico by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries research team.
The 'blob' was found during an underwater expedition using a remotely operated vehicle in 2015 and filmed by a high-definition camera. Only now has it been described in a research paper.
NOAA Fisheries scientists Mike Ford and Allen Collins spotted the ctenophore and recognised it as a new species. This is the first time NOAA scientists have identified a new species using only high-definition video, according to NOAA.
"The cameras on the Deep Discoverer robot are able to get high-resolution images and measure structures less than a millimetre.'
"We don't have the same microscopes as we would in a lab, but the video can give us enough information to understand the morphology in detail, such as the location of their reproductive parts and other aspects," Collins said.
The scientists also said there was another unique quality to the discovery. During the expedition, they were not able to gather any samples, so the video evidence is all they have.
"Naming of organisms is guided by international code, but some changes have allowed descriptions of new species based on video — certainly when species are rare and when collection is impossible," Ford said.
"When we made these observations, we were 4,000 meters down, using a remote vehicle, and we did not have the capabilities to take a sample."
There are between 100 and 150 species of comb jellies, and despite their name, they are not related to jellyfish at all, according to the NOAA. The species is carnivorous, and many are highly efficient predators that eat small arthropods and many kinds of larvae.
The researchers said that there did not initially get a long look at the animal, so there is s
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