Deep-sea mission uncovers 31 new species – including one living inside another

A shot of a siphonophore at 552 meters depth. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Inst via SWNS)

By Dean Murray

A deep-sea exploration team has discovered 31 otherworldly new species.

Deep-sea mission uncovers 31 new species – including one living inside another

A juvenile glass squid. (Emily Clark/MBARI/Schmidt Ocean via SWNS)
Deep-sea mission uncovers 31 new species – including one living inside another

A siphonophore — a colonial marine invertebrate related to jellyfish — is scanned using Deep Particle Image Velocimetry (DeepPIV) at a depth of 930 meters. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Inst via SWNS)
Deep-sea mission uncovers 31 new species – including one living inside another

This is a new species from the genus Tomopteris, commonly known as gossamer worms. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Inst via SWNS)
Deep-sea mission uncovers 31 new species – including one living inside another

A Solmissus, or dinner plate jellyfish, preys upon a ctenophore, commonly known as a comb jelly. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Inst via SWNS)

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