Posted May 19, 2007 at 09:04PM by Nicolo S. Listed in: Animals and Wildlife, Oceans Tags: Ohio State University, Canada
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Newly found sea anemone - Image 1 Even after thousands of years the earth have existed, there are still undiscovered lifeforms. They could be hiding in Antarctic waters, or just afraid of human contact. Either way, it would probably take forever to catch 'em all (good thing Pokemon aren't that difficult to collect).


Recently, a new species of sea anemone was discovered. Of course, of all places, it was found living in a dead whale deep down  Canada's ocean floor. It was named Anthosactics pearseae, after Vicki Pearse who found and collected it while cruising.

It took quite a long process to acquire the specimen, using remotely operated vehicles equipped with underwater cameras. The white anemone with uniform length tentacles was found in a whale fall where sea anemone aren't supposed to be. The whale carcasses are good for nutrients (and it's a better place than some coral reefs), sure, but this is the first time anemone was found among other deep sea creatures that inhabit the place.

The newly described specimen, along with 9 others, were sent to Ohio State University's Meg Daly, an anemone specialist. Even she was surprised at this discovery. "These creatures were so cool simply because we knew that no sea anemone had ever been found on a whale fall," she said.




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