In late 2010 a geological expedition to Antarctica drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf so they could send an ROV under it. What they found was unexpected: . In their thousands they were doing what no other species of sea anemone is known to do — they were living in the ice itself. and its habitat Discovered by the [Antarctic Drilling] project, the team was so unprepared for biological discoveries they did not have suitable preservatives and the only chemicals available obliterated the creature's . Nonetheless Marymegan Daly of Ohio State University confirmed the animals were a new species. Named Edwardsiella andrillae after the drilling project that found it, the anemone was finally described in a paper last month. Would it be fair to say this suggests there may be other undiscovered species of sea anemone that burrow into hard substrates such as ice? MD I hope so! What fascinates me about sea anemones is that they're able to do things that seem impossible given their seemingly limited toolkit. This finding certainly expands the realm of possible. 
In late 2010 a geological expedition to Antarctica drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf so they could send an ROV under it. What they found was unexpected: . In their thousands they were doing what no other species of sea anemone is known to do — they were living in the ice itself. and its habitat Discovered by the [Antarctic Drilling] project, the team was so unprepared for biological discoveries they did not have suitable preservatives and the only chemicals available obliterated the creature's . Nonetheless Marymegan Daly of Ohio State University confirmed the animals were a new species. Named after the drilling project that found it, the anemone was finally described in a paper last month. Would it be fair to say this suggests there may be other undiscovered species of sea anemone that burrow into hard substrates such as ice? MD I hope so! What fascinates me about sea anemones is that they're able to do things that seem impossible given their seemingly limited toolkit. This finding certainly expands the realm of possible. Sister links
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