From ‘ghost sharks’ to ‘death ball’ sponges: Scientists find more than 1,100 wild and unusual ocean species

Taylor, head of science at Ocean Census.

Scientists with the Ocean Census made 13 expeditions to some of the world’s least explored oceans over the last year.

Off the coast of Japan, at around 2,600 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, they discovered a new species of bristle polychaete worm living within a glass sponge, which has a translucent, mesh-like continue reading …