Aboard a research vessel in the South China Sea, scientists scooped up some deep-sea muck and began sifting through it. Hidden inside they found an eyeless creature. It turned out to be a new species.

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Aboard a research vessel in the South China Sea, scientists scooped up some deep-sea muck and began sifting through it. Hidden inside they found an eyeless creature. It turned out to be a new species.

Scientists found a “flat” sea animal with 170 eyes at a rocky shore in Guangdong Province and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Liu, Lin, Wang, Hu and Zhang (2024) A team of ...

Scientists found a “flat” sea animal with 170 eyes at a rocky shore in Guangdong Province and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Liu, Lin, Wang, Hu and Zhang (2024) A team of ...

Aboard a research vessel in the South China Sea, scientists scooped up some deep-sea muck and began sifting through it. Hidden inside they found an eyeless creature. It turned out to be a new species.

Aboard a research vessel in the South China Sea, scientists scooped up some deep-sea muck and began sifting through it. Hidden inside they found an eyeless creature. It turned out to be a new species.

Aboard a research vessel in the South China Sea, scientists scooped up some deep-sea muck and began sifting through it. Hidden inside they found an eyeless creature. It turned out to be a new species.

Aboard a research vessel in the South China Sea, scientists scooped up some deep-sea muck and began sifting through it. Hidden inside they found an eyeless creature. It turned out to be a new species.