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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday April 24 2019, @11:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the squirtel dept.

The depths of the ocean have an otherworldly, alien quality to them, showcasing remarkable beauty like that seen in upside-down mirror pools and the terrifying visions of transparent Eldritch horrors.

The latest discovery, by a team of scientists and explorers currently charting the ocean's five deepest points, falls somewhere in between. 

Exploring the 4.5-mile-deep Java Trench in the Indian Ocean for the first time, Alan Jamieson, chief scientist of the Five Deeps Expedition, ran into this never-before-seen species of sea squirt, casually floating along the ocean floor. The jelly-like creature sailed along in front of the Five Deeps team's deep-sea submarine, in perfect view of the camera, displaying a blue and white balloon-like floater.

Jamieson describes it as a "stalked Ascidean," a type of sea squirt, albeit one we have never laid eyes on before.

"It is not often we see something that is so extraordinary that it leaves us speechless," Jamieson said in a statement


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  • (Score: 2) by ilPapa on Thursday April 25 2019, @03:23AM

    by ilPapa (2366) on Thursday April 25 2019, @03:23AM (#834600) Journal

    The traditional name for the sea squirt is the "sea spooge". I'm looking forward to many sea squirt videos.

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