Viral Deep-Sea Expedition Found a Real-Life Patrick From SpongeBob, And 57 New Species
An international team of biologists identified 57 new species and five new genera from specimens collected by the ROV SuBastian during the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s August 2025 deep‑sea expedition in Argentina’s Mar del Plata Canyon, a trench over 3,500 m deep, during a taxonomy workshop in Buenos Aires.
Source: Viral Deep-Sea Expedition Found a Real-Life Patrick From SpongeBob, And 57 New Species — ScienceAlert
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