Strange jellies of the icy depths

clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk clipped from news.bbc.co.uk New details are emerging about the life-forms that survive in one of the world’s most inaccessible places. Scientists have published descriptions of a range of jelly-like animals that inhabit the deep oceans of the Arctic. The animals were originally filmed and photographed during a series of submersible dives in 2005. clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk clipped from news.bbc.co.uk The small blue jelly, a type of Narcomedusae, is new to science. One of the biggest surprises is that one of the most common animals in the Arctic deep sea is a type of jellyfish that is completely new to science. In pictures: Icy jellies clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk clipped from news.bbc.co.uk Crossota millsae, a brilliant red and purple jellyfish found at a depth of 2000m in the Arctic Ocean, is also found off California and Hawaii. an international team of scientists conducted a series of deep-sea dives using a remote operated vehicle There were a lot of surprises just how many different jellies there were, and the sizes of their populations clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk clipped from news.bbc.co.uk The large bright orange Aulacoctena species may get its colour from worms that it eats clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk clipped from newsimg.bbc.co.uk