New species of polychaete worm, found living symbiotically within a potential new species of glass sponge. Naoto Jimi Naoto Jimi - The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/©JAMSTEC A 2025 ocean ...

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This squat lobster in the family Eumunididae (awaiting species identification) was photographed living within a deep sea coral, and were sampled together at a depth of 853m at the Getsuyo Seamount.

Glass sponges are taking over a newly sunlit strip of Antarctic marine real estate at a blistering clip, surprising biologists who had no idea they had it in them. Glass sponges are taking over a ...

Picture a home so beautiful it looks like it’s made of glass—delicate, intricate, shimmering. Now imagine discovering that two brand-new species of worms have been quietly living inside one, deep on ...

Two new worm species that no human had ever documented were found living inside a glass sponge on the deep ocean floor off Japan’s coast. The sponge itself - a translucent, mesh-like structure built ...