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Newly discovered deep sea species – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian

Exploration of the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a 5,000-metre abyssal plain that extends between Hawaii and Mexico, has brought to light megafauna previously unknown to science
Photographs courtesy of DeepCCZ expedition/Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation & NOAA

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/jul/26/newly-discovered-deep-sea-species-in-pictures

An open polyp of *Chrysogorgia* - a type of soft coral