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Scientists exploring the ice-cold waters of Antarctica said they have collected baffling creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms in the muddy depths. The specimen was unruffled from up to 6,500 feet beneath the surface which are never seen before.
Some of the animals which are located remotely underneath the sea grow to extraordinarily large sizes, the term given by scientist as GIGANTISM , which they are not completely assured off, they added that they are found regularly in Antarctic freezing water. Martin Riddle, the Australian Antarctic Division scientist who led the expedition added "We have collected huge worms, giant crustaceans, sea spiders the size of dinner plates and not all of the creatures have been identified” And that the samples are sent to the universities located world wide for the DNA test, tissue specimens and identifications.
The mission is part of a motivated international effort to map life forms in the Antarctic Ocean, also known as the Southern Ocean, and to study the impact of forces such as climate change on the undersea environment which consist of Japanese, French and Australian group of scientist worked for over two months . The work is part of a superior project to record the biodiversity of the world's oceans.
"In some places every inch of the sea floor is covered in life," Riddle said. "In other places we can see deep scars and gouges where icebergs scour the sea floor as they pass by."
Scientist found out some of the strange looking creatures such as tunicates, plankton-eating animals that resemble slender glass structures up to a yard tall "standing in fields like poppies," They had fins in various places, they had funny dangly bits around their mouths, and they live in the bottom of the sea bed and have very large eyes and a odd looks " Riddle told reporters.
Scientists are planning to summarize the mission in few years to observe the impact of the climate changes in the region and to observe that condition are affecting the aquatic life in oceans.
via:dsc
