New creatures from the deep sea floor

Three new marine species have just been discovered by researchers at Aberdeen University.

DNA analysis has identified these organisms as members of the Torquaratoridae family, an Acorn family that has only recently been discovered.

This discovery may provide more insight into not only life in the deep sea, but also the evolution of life on earth.

Torquaratoridae, arrested last year using a remote control device, has no eyes and tail, but can move slowly under the seabed to eat the leftover food.

Professor Monty Priede, Principal of Aberdeen University and the expedition leader took samples from the Atlantic, saying:

"The Acorn cause great curiosity in the scientific world, they are related to the ancestors of vertebrate animals."

Acorn is considered to be a last branch of evolution, surpassed by their relatives, fast-swimming fish with tails have conquered the ocean and evolved into reptiles, mammals and birds. .

At depths of 1500 and 3700 meters, the Acorn worm is probably the most abundant of the deep-sea species such as starfish, crustaceans, mollusks and fish.