While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet below the surface, the machine’s camera captured a creature that ...

While operating the deep-sea robot nearly 7,000 feet ... Pyconogonids, commonly called sea spiders, are marine arthropods that have eight legs and a long mouthpart called a proboscis, according ...

Among the residents are amphipods, sea cucumbers, and stalked crinoids, some of which form dense fields that ripple in the deep currents. To map this distribution, the team analyzed over 75,000 animal ...