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Photo of the week: What the oceans still hide

The animal in the image is a siphonophore, a colonial marine invertebrate. It is located in front of Brazil, 552 meters from the surface. This summer, researchers at the Schmidt Oceanographic Institute explored the deep tropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean for two weeks, describing 30 new species in addition to the photographed animal.

All these species have been found in the middle depths of the ocean, from the depths at which sunlight disappears to the bottom of the sea. This area is the largest habitable ecosystem on Earth and one of the least known. This image and other laser images have been obtained by means of instruments on a millimeter scale. It is believed that the siphonophore of the figure may belong to a genus not yet described.