Friday 4 December 2020

Com Jelleys found off Puerto Rico

 

Image courtesy of  NOAA.

 

Joel Kontinen

 

New species are found all the time. Now, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the first spotted these mysterious party blobs in 2015, They are small  just over 6 centimeters  or 2 inches long but they are vibrant that move and pulse.

 Rsearchers found them at a depth of roughly at a depth of roughly 4,000 meters or 13,000 feet off the coast of Puerto Rico. now, they are featured in

the journal Plankton and Benthos research and they’re called  Duobrachium sparksae.

Source:

Specktor, Brandon. 2020. Newfound marine blob looks like 'party balloon' with two strings, scientists say.  Live Science.1 December.