Scientists catalogued new species in the 3-mile deep Clarion-Clipperton Zone. The CCZ, between Hawaii and Mexico, interests the deep-sea miners of battery metals needed for EVs
Between 13,000-16,000 feet under the sea, biodiversity researchers have raced to document whimsical, new marine life in advance of a green energy mining project.
'We can assume that many of these species will be new to science,' as one marine biologist working with London's Natural History Museum explained. 'For example,' that marine biologist, Regen Drennan, continued, 'the sea pig nicknamed the"unicumber" had been seen in previous seabed imagery surveys.'Similarly, researchers know little about the life cycle of the Rattail fish as few examples of the creature's larval young have ever been recovered for study.
'It has a nose for rotting carrion,' according to researchers with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 'and sensitive barbels on its chin detect small crustaceans or worms wiggling in the mud below.' 'In terms of density that we are used to, for example on land or shallower marine systems,' she said, 'the deep sea in general is characterized by very low population densities, largely because food is so limited.'
The creature's pink-inspired name was proposed by PhD student Bethany Fleming with the UK's National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. READ MORE: World's largest deep-sea reef, 6.4 MILLION acres wide, discovered off Florida coast - and it's teeming with new species
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