
Critter Rises From Sea Depths
September 4, 2007 @ 11:13 AM (EST)
Source: Starbulletin.com
A small sharklike creature with a flat head and green eyes is the latest denizen of the deep sucked up to the surface at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii on the Big Island.
The newest creature was dubbed a "microshark" by Jan War, operations manager at the natural energy lab. Scientists tentatively identified it as a deep-water catshark and said only two other specimens are known to exist.
Christopher Kelley, a biologist at the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, said it could also be a new species...
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