CREEP SEA: From left, a physonect siphonophore jellyfish, yeti crab, vent annelid worm
and, below, a cydippid comb jelly' FISH FEATURES: The amazing photos of the lantern fish, left, the syrtensis octopus, top, and the radiolarian amoeba, above
Less common Clayton invertebrates include at least eight species of pelecypods, 11 species of gastropods, one annelid worm
, and three decapod crustaceans.
Rare fossils include an annelid worm
, two crabs, a spiny lobster, a ratfish, a ray, unidentified bony fishes, and reptiles reported here.
The mystery fossil was clearly not another trilobite, and I although couldn't be certain, I thought it might be some sort of annelid worm
with broad, flattened scales.
By sequencing the DNA and RNA from the accretion ice samples, the team identified thousands of bacteria, including some that are commonly found in the digestive systems of fish, crustaceans and annelid worms
, in addition to fungi and two species of archaea, or single-celled organisms that tend to live in extreme environments.