Meet Aureophycus Aleuticus, One Of The New Marine Species Found In Survey

Photograph by Max K. Hoberg/Institute of Marine Science/University of Alaska Fairbanks/courtesy COML

courtesy of National Geographic

This is one of the new species found in the 10 year survey, including scientists from 80 countries who are exploring the 95% of the oceans that have hardly been explored till now.

It is well worth the time popping over to see the pics of some other species discovered, some of them are extremely beautiful and surprisingly colorful.

This survey, Due 2010 has uncovered some very interesting finds, among them a kind of jelly fish living at 23,678 feet (7,217 meters), that has previously been thought to be to deep to support this kind of life, as well as discovering a kind of bacteria which the scientist call a “living fossil” since it has thrived since the earliest oceans were formed millions of years ago.

If that is the case, the species was able to adapt from anoxic, or oxygen depleted, environments to an era of oxygenated oceans. For this reason, scientists think marine bacteria could be used for bio-remediation of polluted ocean floors.

Hope over to National Geographic to see and read some more.

Thanks Marine Conservation News for pointing me  in the right direction