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In the Hadal Zone, also known as the Hadopelagic Zone, the deepest region of the oceans, new deep-sea amphipods have been discovered, collected and described in the Mariana Trench, in the Western Pacific, west of the Philippines, at a depth of between 6,010 - 6,949 meters.
These depths, where a pressure of 11,000 tons per square meter or 1000 kg per square centimeter and extreme temperatures between - 1°C and max. 4°C prevail, new amphipods were found with the help of a "Hadal-Lander", a specially developed deep-sea submarine, and brought to the surface for examination in a special container.
The fact that life exists in these unreal depths and pressure conditions is in itself extremely remarkable, but......
..... the discovery should finally awaken mankind and move them to a global, unified, fast and environmentally responsible action.....
....... because in the small crustaceans - man-made - microplatics such as polyethylene terephthalate were found.
Our egoistic, ill-considered and short-term actions and thoughts now have demonstrable effects down to the deepest parts of our oceans and are counteracting the animals living there.
Via the food chain, these plastic parts, which the deep-sea crustaceans identified and ate as supposed food, subsequently load back onto our plates.
In this sense: What will we eat tomorrow? Maybe deep-sea crabs or a credit card with ketchup? Bon appetit!
The Seawater Dictionary would like to thank the first describing researchers for this remarkable and evocative essay.
Source:
Zootaxa New species of Eurythenes from hadal depths of the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
JOHANNA N. J. WESTON, PRISCILLA CARRILLO-BARRAGAN, THOMAS D. LINLEY, WILLIAM D. K. REID, ALAN J. JAMIESON
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.9
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:699BA3A4-B4C6-4533-AE26-91D728960FBD
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
These depths, where a pressure of 11,000 tons per square meter or 1000 kg per square centimeter and extreme temperatures between - 1°C and max. 4°C prevail, new amphipods were found with the help of a "Hadal-Lander", a specially developed deep-sea submarine, and brought to the surface for examination in a special container.
The fact that life exists in these unreal depths and pressure conditions is in itself extremely remarkable, but......
..... the discovery should finally awaken mankind and move them to a global, unified, fast and environmentally responsible action.....
....... because in the small crustaceans - man-made - microplatics such as polyethylene terephthalate were found.
Our egoistic, ill-considered and short-term actions and thoughts now have demonstrable effects down to the deepest parts of our oceans and are counteracting the animals living there.
Via the food chain, these plastic parts, which the deep-sea crustaceans identified and ate as supposed food, subsequently load back onto our plates.
In this sense: What will we eat tomorrow? Maybe deep-sea crabs or a credit card with ketchup? Bon appetit!
The Seawater Dictionary would like to thank the first describing researchers for this remarkable and evocative essay.
Source:
Zootaxa New species of Eurythenes from hadal depths of the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean (Crustacea: Amphipoda)
JOHANNA N. J. WESTON, PRISCILLA CARRILLO-BARRAGAN, THOMAS D. LINLEY, WILLIAM D. K. REID, ALAN J. JAMIESON
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.9
http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:699BA3A4-B4C6-4533-AE26-91D728960FBD
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
