5,000 Unexplored Creatures Found at the Bottom of Pacific Ocean
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As a result of research, it turned out that about 5,580 species of animals live in this fault, of which only 438 are officially named and studied.
Scientists have discovered 5,000 unexplored creatures in an area of the Pacific Ocean called the Clarion-Clipperton Zonat.
The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a fault in the Pacific Ocean that lies between Hawaii and Mexico.
Check out those magnificent creatures in Sputnik's photo gallery!
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An anemone
![An anemone An anemone - Sputnik India](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e7/05/1a/2188516_0:0:1080:1080_600x0_80_0_1_3985492f5bf088e386534ec62be82fd2.jpg)
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An anemone
© Photo : DeepCCZ expedition/NOAASea cucumber Amperima sp. on the seabed in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone.
![Amperima sp. Amperima sp. - Sputnik India](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e7/05/1a/2188680_0:0:1080:1080_600x0_80_0_1_4a8fe9ed812bd8eb4cbd9ef1d9813195.jpg)
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Sea cucumber Amperima sp. on the seabed in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone.
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Solmissus sp.
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Solmissus sp.
© Smartex Project/NERCA seastar
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© Smartex Project/NERC
A seastar
© Photo : DeepCCZ expedition/NOAARelicanthus sp. -- a new species from a new order of Cnidaria collected at 4,100 meters in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) that lives on sponge stalks attached to nodules.
![Relicanthus sp. Relicanthus sp. - Sputnik India](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e7/05/1a/2189242_0:0:1080:1080_600x0_80_0_1_636a32f59b67403e7d24571dc267d90b.jpg)
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© Photo : DeepCCZ expedition/NOAA
Relicanthus sp. -- a new species from a new order of Cnidaria collected at 4,100 meters in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) that lives on sponge stalks attached to nodules.
© Photo : Smartex Project/NERCA ‘gummy squirrel’, the nickname given to Psychropotes longicauda, one of the thousands of newly discovered creatures in the depths of the Pacific Ocean
![A ‘gummy squirrel’ A ‘gummy squirrel’ - Sputnik India](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e7/05/1a/2189978_0:0:1080:1080_600x0_80_0_1_72a5e4f4dfdfa04f94744a97c95b31c8.jpg)
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© Photo : Smartex Project/NERC
A ‘gummy squirrel’, the nickname given to Psychropotes longicauda, one of the thousands of newly discovered creatures in the depths of the Pacific Ocean
© Photo : DeepCCZ expedition/NOAAA 40-cm long elasipod sea cucumber
![A 40-cm long elasipod sea cucumber A 40-cm long elasipod sea cucumber - Sputnik India](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e7/05/1a/2189794_0:0:1080:1080_600x0_80_0_1_ec5889ad0332230e442f9402db4423ec.jpg)
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© Photo : DeepCCZ expedition/NOAA
A 40-cm long elasipod sea cucumber
© Photo : DeepCCZ expedition/NOAAA newly discovered worm species from APEI-4 that is unknown to science, this species will be given a description and a name
![A newly discovered worm A newly discovered worm - Sputnik India](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e7/05/1a/2189610_0:0:1080:1080_600x0_80_0_1_7f4ad111e3f6b09e94a4a441352d568e.jpg)
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© Photo : DeepCCZ expedition/NOAA
A newly discovered worm species from APEI-4 that is unknown to science, this species will be given a description and a name
© Photo : DeepCCZ expedition/NOAAGummy squirrel (“Psychropotes longicauda”)
![Gummy squirrel (“Psychropotes longicauda”) Gummy squirrel (“Psychropotes longicauda”) - Sputnik India](https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e7/05/1a/2189426_0:0:1080:1080_600x0_80_0_1_01a6ec04723e9e387dd344878891f32b.jpg)
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Gummy squirrel (“Psychropotes longicauda”)