The bizarre creatures are colloquially known as 'Elvis worms' due to their shiny scales being reminiscent of the King of Rock's famous sequinned suits.
The researchers spotted them using remotely operated vehicles and a submersible known as Alvin, while using DNA analysis to identify them as distinct species.scale worms apparently fighting each other, with the help of one ROV known as SuBastian. The video was taken in November 2018, at a depth of 2.2 miles in the Gulf of California.
"It is hard to believe that the deep sea is still largely unexplored and teeming with mysterious animals waiting to be discovered," Hatch said. "A million or more undescribed species, with biological adaptations and ecological mechanisms not yet imagined, may live within the vast volume of the deep-sea water column," MBARI marine biologist Bruce Robison, who was not involved in the research, said in a statement.
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