🦈🦀 Glowing shark alert! Scientists discover a bioluminescent lanternshark & a tiny porcelain crab off Australia’s coast, revealing the deep sea’s hidden biodiversity. New clues to life in the dark! Read more: https://thedebrief.org/newly-discovered-glowing-shark-and-a-hidden-crab-reveal-the-deep-seas-untold-biodiversity/

#GoodNews #Lanternshark #PorcelainCrab #DeepSeaDiscovery #MarineLife

Newly Discovered Glowing Shark and a Hidden Crab Reveal the Deep Sea’s Untold Biodiversity

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The Debrief

New species of deep-sea #shark and #crab discovered off Western Australia https://phys.org/news/2025-10-species-deep-sea-shark-crab.html

"Researchers have described a new species of #DeepSea #lanternshark and crab, both from specimens collected from a 2022 voyage of #ResearchVessel Investigator... Nearly 20 #NewSpecies have now been described from the voyage, including the Carnarvon Flapjack #Octopus earlier in 2025. Researchers estimate that there are potentially up to 600 new species still waiting to be described from the voyage"