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Some of the new species discovered include anemones, urchins, corals, some shrimp and a squat lobster, Virmani said. PHOTO: Scientists captured a rare image of a Casper octopus off the Nazca Ridge ...
Loricifera. Loricifera (from Latin, lorica, corselet (armour) + ferre, to bear) is a phylum of very small to microscopic marine cycloneuralian sediment-dwelling animals with 43 described species. [ 3] and approximately 100 more that have been collected and not yet described. [ 4] Their sizes range from 100 μm to ca. 1 mm. [ 5]
Marine invertebrates are animals that inhabit a marine environment apart from the vertebrate members of the chordate phylum; invertebrates lack a vertebral column. Some have evolved a shell or a hard exoskeleton. The earliest animals may belong to the genus Dickinsonia, [2] 571 million to 539 million years ago. [3]
A pink sea creature swam through the river at a park in Australia and dug in the sand. Watching nearby, a scientist snapped photos of the colorful animal. It turned out to be a new species.
A stuffed Saimaa ringed seal at the Finnish Museum of Natural History. An adult Saimaa ringed seal is between 85 and 160 centimetres (2.79 and 5.25 ft) in length and weighs between 50 and 90 kilograms (110 and 200 lb); males usually being larger than females. They are coloured dark gray, with a gray-black dorsal with circular white rings.
A University of Kansas paleontologist exploring an area known for its fossils recently uncovered a never-before-discovered ancient sea worm – and showed off her “nerdy” side while naming it.
The pelagic zone refers to the open, free waters away from the shore, where marine life can swim freely in any direction unhindered by topographical constraints. The oceanic zone is the deep open ocean beyond the continental shelf, which contrasts with the inshore waters near the coast, such as in estuaries or on the continental shelf. Waters ...
They photographed the “large” sea animals and captured two. Taking a closer look, researchers realized they’d discovered a new species: Zancleopsis grandis, or the large Zancleopsis jellyfish.