British Antarctic Survey: New Deep-Sea Mollusc Species Co-Habits With Anemone
December 05, 2024
December 05, 2024
CAMBRIDGE, England, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- The British Antarctic Survey issued the following news release:
A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusc, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists from British Antarctic Survey and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research. The newly discovered mollusc lives in the abyss - below 3,300m - with an anemone on its shell, an arrangement that has not been seen before in this region.
The team colle . . .
A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusc, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists from British Antarctic Survey and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research. The newly discovered mollusc lives in the abyss - below 3,300m - with an anemone on its shell, an arrangement that has not been seen before in this region.
The team colle . . .