Para ilmuwan di antartika telah berhasil menangkap gambar kehidupan laut samudera selatan yang menakjubkan dan dirilis hari ini (19 Desember 2009). Para makhluk penghuni benua laut (antartika) berhasil didokumentasikan sebagai bagian dari studi mengenai keanekaragaman hayati yang dilaksanakan oleh BAS (British Antartic Survey). Gambar-gambar mahkluk laut, yang diambil di laut Bellingshausen, Antartika Barat ini termasuk jenis ikan es, babi laut dan krustasea.
Foto-foto bawah laut itu juga menunjukkan laba-laba laut raksasa, ikan pari yang langka, dan bintang laut yang sangat indah.
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Basket Star: This bloodless creatures weighs 11 pounds and lives for about 35 years |
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Captured: An amphipod sandhopper (left) and up close and personal with an octopus |
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Skate: A slow grower, skate is also slow to reproduce and has proven susceptible to overfishing |
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Some like it cold: the Antarctic icefish thriives in waters between -2C and 4C |
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Cucumber and coral: The sea pig (left) is a member of the sea cucumber family, while soft coral can live with much less light than hard coral, but is not suitable for reef-building |
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Best of both worlds: The scale worm is a worm like any other, except scales allow it to swim in the chilly Antarctic waters |
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Ancient creature: The featherstar (left) dates back 300millions years. Right: The translucent isopod crustacean
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