In 2017, scientists finally managed to find this elusive specimen in Australia, South Africa, Tasmania, New Zealand, and Chile after years of searching. Massive two-ton Mola tecta washed up in California beach ( source)ĭespite measuring eight feet and weighing more than two tons, this giant fish has remained hidden in plain sight for centuries. The scientific community only knew of two types of Berardius Baird beaked whale, as mentioned above, and the Arnoux’s beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii), which lives in the Antarctic Ocean. The find indicated that there is a third species of Berardius in the North Pacific. And it was not a baby since its teeth were old and yellowish.Īfter tracking the Pacific basin and analyzing DNA samples from 178 whales, the scientists concluded that they were dealing with a new whale species. However, a later examination determined that the animal’s meat was too dark and the dorsal was too large for this species.Īt 7.3 meters long, the cetacean was smaller than Baird’s bill. The surprise was great when they realized that it was a new species, never before described. Before the discovery, the first researchers believed they were in front of Baird’s beaked whale. In June 2014, a biology professor found the body of a half-buried whale on the Pribilof Islands of St. Image of Arnoux’s Beaked Whale by Ciorano ( source) Its head has a strange shape and has a vast and bulging muzzle, where the nostrils and the olfactory organs meet. They are not easily visible like other sharks. This species has been very little studied due to its size and lives in very bottomless waters.
Or it shines as camouflage to blend in with ambient light and protect itself from predators or as a lure to attract small fish or other prey. It lives in Hawaiian waters (USA), and although it is not known for sure why it shines, it is believed that it does so to ensure that it is mating with the correct species. It is a member of the glowing shark family it was discovered about 314-384 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean, in the Leeward Islands of Hawaii. It has been recognized for more than 18 years, but it was not until 2017 that it was identified and named: Etmopterus lailae. Its small size is also surprising: it does not reach 30 centimeters in length and weighs less than 900 grams. It is bioluminescent and shines in the dark.
Image Glowing shark during daylight (top) and its luminescent form at night by Jerome Mallefet (bottom) ( source) The new species is named Diogenes heteropsammicola, and the details of its discovery have been published in PLOS One journal. The curious occupants of mobile corals belong to a species hitherto unknown to the scientific community. These samples were obtained from the shallow waters of the Japanese Amami Islands.Īfter several years of studies and searching for live specimens off the coast of Japan, researchers Momoko Igawa, Makoto Kato have described the hermit crabs in question. In 2012, Japanese researchers observed that some of the coral samples of this type kept in museums and laboratories contained what appeared to be small crabs. The most common hermit crabs use seashell or mollusk shells for protection. However, researchers from the University of Kyoto (Japan) discovered a new hermit crab species characterized by occupying and moving small fragments of mobile coral behind its back. Scientific NameĪn individual Hermit in an aquarium with the coral (left) and removed from its host coral (right) ( source) Its range of distribution is still unknown, although, at the moment, its presence is confined and duly recorded in the intertidal zones of the Great Barrier Reef, along the northeast coast of Queensland. The female spiders are giant than the males, reaching 9 and 6 millimeters in length, respectively. It has reddish and brown tones, orange legs, and elongated and greyish structures covering its entire body to camouflage during threats. The new species have characteristics similar to those belonging to the spiders of the genus Desidae, which are marine. So much so that it usually takes refuge in the shells of barnacles, in corals, or seaweed at high tide. It was seen in Queensland (Australia) for the first time in 2009. It has learned to build a kind of silk chamber that fills with air to breathe. The Australian researchers who discovered this new species of intertidal spider gave it the scientific name Desis Bob Marley. Raven ( source)įor its ability to live whether the sea is low or high, as the song High Tide or Low Tide by Bob Marley says, it got its name Bob Marley Spider. Image of Bob Marley Spider Female allotype by R.
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