সারা বিশ্বের সাগর অঞ্চলে দশকজুড়ে চলা গবেষণা করে বিজ্ঞানীরা ছয় হাজারেরও বেশি নতুন প্রজাতির সামুদ্রিক প্রাণীর সন্ধান পেয়েছেন। তাদের মধ্য থেকে কিছু প্রাণীর ছবি এখানে শেয়ার করছি।
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The Ceratonotus steiningeri, that was first discovered 5,400 metres deep in the Angola Basin in 2006. Within a year it was also collected in the southeastern Atlantic, as well as as in the central Pacific Ocean


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A blind lobster with bizarre claws belonging to the very rare genus Thaumastochelopsis, previously known only from four specimens of two species in Australia


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A hydrothermal vent snail found in Suiyo Seamount at the Tokyo Hydrothermal Vent


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A tiny copepod collected from the Atlantic abyss during the DIVA 2 cruise in February/March 2005


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A hairy-clawed 'yeti crab' is seen in this picture taken in 2006


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A leafy Seadragon, Phycodurus eques, which is camouflaged to resemble a piece of drifting seaweed


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A polychaete worm found at a whale fall at Sagami Bay, Japan at a depth of 925 metres


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A recently discovered species called a squidworm found in the Celebes sea in Southeast Asia

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