New ocean fauna just drop .
In early June , a squad of maritime scientist with the Schmidt Ocean Institute board a research vessel called R / V Falkor and sail out to the outback Phoenix Islands Archipelago in the west - cardinal Pacific Ocean . For 34 days , they map out over 11,500 satisfying miles ( 30,000 satisfying kilometers ) of the ocean floor with high - resolution submerged cameras , and also got video of five additional underwater mountains .
“ The coverage of this expedition was remarkable — we found change in species across depth and geographics around the Pacific equator and in the suite of organisms live on corals , ” said Tim Shank , a biologist at the Woods HoIe Oceanographic Institution , in a press release . “ reckon into these deep - ocean community has modify the path we think about how organisms survive and interact on seamounts and how they maintain diversity of life in the deep ocean . ”
Photo: Schmidt Ocean Institute
Some of the animals they captured on camera had never before been document by research worker , like a rare hulk shark and an devilfish that look like it ’s made of glass . The researchers arrived safely back ashore on Thursday , quick to share these discoveries . Here are some highlights .
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