Exploring the ocean at more than 4,000 and 5,000 meters deep sounds like science fiction, but it is right there where life continues to give surprises. An international team of specialists has described 24 new species of amphypods, small shrimp-like crustaceans of the deep ocean, from samples taken in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, in the Pacific. The most striking thing is that one of those species, Mirabestia maisie, did not fit in the usual dra…
Exploring the ocean at more than 4,000 and 5,000 meters deep sounds like science fiction, but it is right there where life continues to give surprises. An international team of specialists has described 24 new species of amphypods, small shrimp-like crustaceans of the deep ocean, from samples taken in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, in the Pacific. The most striking thing is that one of those species, Mirabestia maisie, did not fit in the usual dra…