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Deepest-known animal communities found nearly 10 km below sea in Mariana Trench - lvlrsSTI - 05-08-2025

https://phys.org/news/2025-07-deepest-animal-communities-km-sea.html


RE: Deepest-known animal communities found nearly 10 km below sea in Mariana Trench - lvlrsSTI - 05-08-2025

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Hadal dive with manned submersible Fendouzhe. This figure is created to depict these remarkable ecosystems, forming a "river" of chemosynthetic communities at the bottom of hadal trench - painting the ocean floor with a living kaleidoscope of deep-sea vitality. Credit: Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, CAS (IDSSE, CAS)

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Tube-dwelling polychaetes are dominant at 6870 m at the Aleutian Deepest, with spots of white microbial mats. Credit: Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, CAS (IDSSE, CAS)