New Species Ocean Floor

California academy of sciences researchers discovered 71 new animal and plant species in 2019.
New species ocean floor. With over 80 percent of the ocean unmapped we re discovering more and more new species that live in the very deepest regions. This 16 ton. Some sharks do in fact walk in the shallows and have been strutting their stuff for millions of years just below the surface on the ocean floor. The ocean is a massive place and exploring it all is a daunting task.
The new species of worm is now one of six described species of flabelligena which are known mainly from the north atlantic ocean. Many of these newly discovered species live deep on the ocean floor in unique habitats that depend on plate movement underwater volcanoes and cold water seeps. Located about 6 900 meters below the. Though the marianas trench was established as a marine national monument plastic pollution has managed to find its way to the bottom of the trench where explorers have found it littering the ocean floor.
The submarine dsv alvin owned by the us navy and operated by the woods hole oceanographic institution whoi in woods hole massachusetts exemplifies the type of craft used to explore deep water. Marine life and exploration on the ocean floor. Scientists discover new fish species in ocean s terrifying depths. New species are discovered in the ocean each year by marine biologists and other ocean scientists.
Mariana snailfish feeding on the ocean floor snailfishes have adapted to go deeper than other fish and can live in the deep trenches says thomas linley co author of a study describing the new. Were captured on camera slowly swimming around the ocean floor and chowing down on a tasty fish carcass. The quest for the unknown revealed exciting new discoveries this year. 22 upi scientists in australia have discovered four new species of shark that use their fins to walk across the ocean floor the new shark species were discovered in the waters off.
Three species of flabelligena are from the southwest atlantic.