New Marine Species Found in the Deeps of Celebes Sea Yes, we
know - we're suckers for new species discoveries. The latest
deep sea beastie roundup comes courtesy of an international
research team that has just returned from the secluded Celebes
Sea in Southeast Asia. The expedition - led by American Larry
Madin, the director of research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution (WHOI) - sought to explore one of the world's
deepest and least studied ocean basins, a highly diverse habitat
believed to host some of the oceans' oldest residents. Among the
numerous specimens they brought back from the frigid depths,
several never before seen species stood out - including a spiny
orange worm with tentacles growing out of its head, a black
jellyfish and a black-eyed squid. Larry Madin described the
purpose of the expedition as "going back to the source,"
explaining that the Celebes Sea was "probably the center where
many of the species evolved and spread to other parts of the
ocean." More critter pic goodness can b