'Like a magic carpet.' New creature seen by Cape resident off Costa Rica now has his name
"We didn't know what they were. We just saw these creatures sort of hovering about six feet off the bottom," Bruce Strickrott said.
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"We didn't know what they were. We just saw these creatures sort of hovering about six feet off the bottom," Bruce Strickrott said.
QCOSTARICA (Nature World News) Researchers have identified a new species of rosy-colored deep-sea worm 30 miles (50 kilometers) off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The worm, Pectinereis strickrotti, is a ragworm (Nereididae). The species was discovered by researchers in 2009 while exploring a methane seep at a depth of 1,000 meters aboard a deep-sea…
Diving deep, beyond the reach of sunlight, entire ecosystems unfold. A striking recent example: in a deep environment...
The rosy-colored, segmented worms appeared to swim through water like a "living magic carpet," scientists say.
Scientists have photographed a never-before-seen deep-sea worm species that moves just like a "living magic carpet."