Newly Discovered Marine Creatures Get Names

This purple marine creature, 33 cm high, was discovered at a depth of 1,549 meters in the Caroline Seamount of the western Pacific Ocean in 2019. It was named Victorgorgiaiocasica by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oceanology. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

These hairy ocean creatures are six or seven cm long. They were discovered at nearly 1,000 meters in the deep ocean in 2019. The species was named Laetmoniceiocasica by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oceanology. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A 12-cm-long sea slug with a pink head feeds on red coral. It was named Tritoniaiocasica by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oceanology. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

This marine creature is about 18 cm long and has six or seven spines. The species was found about 1,300 meters under the sea in the Caroline and Magellan Seamounts in 2017 and 2018. It was named Sternostylusiocasicus by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oceanology. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

These marine creatures are 450 cm tall, with a top that consists of mushroom-like sponge. The species was found at around 1,000 meters deep in the Caroline Seamount in 2017 and 2019. It was named Caulophacusiocasicussp by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Oceanology. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]