After more than twenty years, we have encountered 157 individuals of this strange species, and have now published a detailed description of the mollusk in the journal Deep-Sea Research Part I.
It's a pretty funny looking animal. ... It sort of looks like it was made up from spare parts left over from making a bunch of other animals.
The deep sea ecosystem is the largest one on the planet. But we only ever see the tip of the iceberg.
We were looking around at each other, sort of scratching our heads. This was the first time we caught a glimpse of the creature.
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