abyssal species

New genus of giant single-celled organism found on Pacific seafloor named after Moana

An in-situ image of <em>Moanammina</em> from Jennifer Durden and Craig Smith as part of the DeepCCZ Project

Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans belonging to a group called the foraminifera) were discovered in the deep Pacific Ocean during a joint project between scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, UK (NOC), the University of Hawai’i, and the University of Geneva.

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