Pectinereis strickrotti - a new deep-sea worm

Pectinereis strickrotti Some 50 kilometres (30 miles) off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, at a depth of around 1,000 meters, researchers discovered and described a new species of deep-sea worm living near a methane seep Credit: A remarkable new deep-sea nereidid (Annelida: Nereididae) with gills Villalobos-Guerrero TF, Huč S, Tilic E, Hiley AS, Rouse GW (2024) PLoS ONE 19(3): e0297961. DOI: