Unique hairy cancer scientists from the French Institute for Sea Research have discovered a new type of crustacean. Unique crustacean, caught at a depth of 2.3 kilometers, is equipped with a "hairy" pincers and totally blind.
The results of dives conducted in April 2005 in the South Pacific Ocean 900 miles from Easter Island, researchers reported on Tuesday - which came up with a strange discovery of the name.
As it turned out, that representative of a class of crustaceans has not yet been incorporated into the system of zoological classification. Scientists first encountered this kind of. Specifically for it was developed a new family and genus. New species was named after - Kiva Hirsuta (Kiwa Hirsuta). He was named in honor of the Polynesian goddess of Kiwa, the patron saint of crustaceans.
Crustacean length of about 15 centimeters from an area of warm sea hydrothermal vents. Highly unusual for such deep-resident scholar seemed a distinct light hair on the carapace and claws, said agency AP.
Scientists say the discovery of this species has become a sensation for professionals as well as new acquisitions in this group was not the end of XIX century. See the new look, yet presented in a single copy can be in the Paris Museum of Natural History.
The results of dives conducted in April 2005 in the South Pacific Ocean 900 miles from Easter Island, researchers reported on Tuesday - which came up with a strange discovery of the name.
As it turned out, that representative of a class of crustaceans has not yet been incorporated into the system of zoological classification. Scientists first encountered this kind of. Specifically for it was developed a new family and genus. New species was named after - Kiva Hirsuta (Kiwa Hirsuta). He was named in honor of the Polynesian goddess of Kiwa, the patron saint of crustaceans.
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Scientists say the discovery of this species has become a sensation for professionals as well as new acquisitions in this group was not the end of XIX century. See the new look, yet presented in a single copy can be in the Paris Museum of Natural History.
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