From hermit crab that chose to go inside twigs rather of shell to quick study that are made from glass , the deep sea of Indonesia is fill with some truly odd critters . A late expeditionto sampling these undiscovered ecosystems has found that they are pullulate with a whole emcee of species specially accommodate to the unending darkness and vast pressing .
While the extensive shallow waters fence in the tropic island of Java might be considerably get laid for their vitreous silica light lagoons teeming with tremendous whale sharks and majestic manta rays , the deep waters over the edge of the pearl off abound with their own astonishing array of beast , many of which have never been seen before .
After spending 14 day plumbing these deep - ocean ecosystems , researchers have revealedthey caught a total of 12,000 ocean beasties , with over a dozen species of crabs , lobster , and prawn thought to be all newfangled to science . The team , made up of researchers from Singapore and Indonesia , are now facing the leviathan task of going through their sample distribution and cataloging on the nose what they rule .
Despite Indonesia being a popular spot for divers from around the world , the deeper urine surround the multitude of island that make up the nation are essentially unexplored . To seek to fill in some of the blanks , researcher surveyed 63 sites around Java between the depths of 800 ( 2,625 foot ) and 2,100 measure ( 6,890 feet ) . And they reveal a hoarded wealth trove of species .
Rather than being a barren barren as many people expect , the deep ocean is thriving with creatures . The team were capable to name an incredible 800 species of quick study , jellyfish , mollusks , starfish , sea urchins , worms , crab , prawns , and fish , with over 40 being the first records in Indonesian water , and a dozen most probable being new to science .
They admit a passably unnerving looking chemical chain - saw lobster ( Thaumastocheles massonktenos ) , which tunnel into the sea base some 500 meters ( 1,640 pes ) down . But despite its rather enforce appearance , this blind lobster most likely uses its farseeing , toothed claw for sift sediment rather than catching quarry .
Another oddity of the deep is a really unearthly looking cock - eyed calamari ( Histieuthidae ) , which naturally has one eye much big than the other . It is thought to expend its life swimming on its side with the larger eye peering down into the depth to look for food , while the smaller one look up in case marauder are hunting from above .
There were some cast and crew more familiar to those who are keen aficionado of the deep , including the always - telling giant isopod ( Bathynomus ) , which might well be a young coinage , the lovely Dumbo octopus ( Opisthoteuthidae ) with its flappy little “ ears ” , and the fang tooth fish ( Anoplogaster cornuta ) .
The researchers will now go through everything , and hopefully expose some more new breakthrough .
