Researchers at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) have found unusual marine creatures while exploring New Hebrides in the South Pacific in 2013.
Eel-shaped fish and bright red shrimps make up the majority of the animal population here, although they rarely appear in other grooves in the sea.
First look in dark water
Big eel fish are catching the bait.The photo was taken at a depth of 6,000m above the sea
An eel toothed arrow caught under the groove
Large eel fish and shrimp prey.Eel fish is an undersea fish that can be up to 1m long
Life at the bottom of the sea
The expedition team next to a seabed probe