Scientists have found a predator in the depths of the Pacific Ocean – Science and IT

Scientists gave the creature the name Dulcibella camanchaca, which translates as “darkness”.

In the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean, a new species of predator was identified in the sea depths of the Atacama Trench. The creature, which resembles an alien, was caught at a record depth of 7,902 meters.

This was reported by IflScience and TheSun.

Scientists gave the creature the name Dulcibella camanchaca, which translates as “darkness” in the languages ​​of the Andean peoples. This name reflects her life in the darkest parts of the ocean. The existence of this creature was a surprise for the researchers, because they did not expect to find an amphipod in the Hadal zone, where there is complete darkness and enormous pressure. Scientists used baited traps to study new species in these little-explored depths. Dulcibella camanchaca became one of the few inhabitants of this extreme part of the planet.

“This is an incredible part of the deep sea…