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  • PHOTOS: "Alien" Jellyfish Found in Arctic Deep

    12/15/2009 10:25:34 AM PST · by JoeProBono · 44 replies · 2,656+ views
    nationalgeographic ^ | December 11, 2009-
    In the black depths of the frigid Arctic Ocean, scientists on a 2005 expedition found a splash of color: The brilliant, blood-red Crossota norvegica jellyfish (pictured). The creature was spotted by a remotely operated vehicle 8,530 feet (2,600 meters) underwater during a two-month National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expedition to the Canada Basin, the deepest and least explored part of the Arctic waters. Though C. norvegica is not a new species, several new deep-sea animals were discovered during the expedition--some of which were announced in recent research papers in 2009.