Science Today
Wednesday October 12th 2011, 2:36 AM
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Title: A New Species of  ‘Gigantic’ Mollusc Has Been Discovered in the Antarctic Waters

 Date: October 8, 2011

 Summary- 

Spanish researchers have discovered a very large mollusc that looks like a very common limpet but in a much bigger size. The molluscwas found in an area where its species is not usually found. The researchers found the specimen in waters of 600 meters deep in the Bellingshausen Sea in the Antarctica. “Named Zeidora Antarctica, this 14 millimetre long specimen is much bigger than members of the same genus, who are not normally longer than 5 millimetres.” Cristian Aldea, co-author of the study, explains that “this genus belongs to a group which we know very little about. This group is made up of 14 species of which very few specimens have found.” they found the specimen when they were on the BENTART expedition. The specimen is being displayed at the Madrid’s National Natural History Museum

What you found most interesting about the article and why (4-6 sentences)

I think it is extremely interesting that this ‘Mollusc’ was found in shuch an odd place. It’s quite incredible that this specimen is 14
millimetre long. How did it get so big?????? It’s cool that it was found in Antarctica.





     
5 Comments so far

hey ciarra my twin i thought it was very cool that Spanish reserchers have found a large mollusc in Antiartica.

this has no spell check.. i probably spelled xomething wrong in that.

Comment by    036336 10.12.11 @ 2:43 AM

I found it interesting that they found a mullusc that big in Antartica. I also found it cool that they are unusual species found in unusual places where they are not usually found. Thank you for writing 🙂 hehe. 🙂

Comment by    035642 10.12.11 @ 2:43 AM

I found it interesting that they looked like common limpets. I also found it interesting that they were found 600 meters deep. Nice job

Comment by    035945 10.20.11 @ 5:32 AM

Interesting article- but the mollusc doesn’t seem so gigantic! Great job on your summary! 100%

Comment by    e02147 10.21.11 @ 2:55 AM

Dang, kinda makes me wanna go scubba-diving in antartica! I didnt know what a mollusk was until you wrote about it. great article.

Comment by    038907 11.18.11 @ 4:24 AM



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