Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica

Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
Giant, Unknown Animals Found off Antarctica
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This shrimplike crustacean was collected 985 feet (300 meters) deep on the Ross Sea shelf, during a marine census led by New Zealand scientists in early 2008.

This amphipod species was first discovered during a 2004 Antarctic voyage aboard the research ship Tangaroa.

The tiny creatures are found in both seawater and fresh water, as well as in mud and sand.

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