A Japanese Team Found Strange Black Eggs at 6,200 Meters Depth, Here’s What They Discovered Inside When They Opened Them
The Daily Galaxy • • science
Key Points:
- Scientists discovered mysterious black spherical structures nearly 6,200 meters below the Pacific Ocean's surface, which were found to contain a previously unknown species of flatworm.
- The objects were retrieved during a robotic exploration of the abyssopelagic zone, an area characterized by extreme pressure and darkness, with limited prior biological data.
- Initial uncertainty about the objects' nature was resolved when researchers found multiple developing flatworms inside the cocoons after opening one of the spheres.
- DNA analysis confirmed the organisms as a new species of free-living flatworms, marking the deepest recorded habitat for this phylum at nearly 6,200 meters depth.
- This discovery extends the known depth range of flatworms beyond previous uncertain records at around
