Tag Archive for 'Atacama Trench'

Dulcibella camanchaca, holotype female. Image credit: Weston et al., doi: 10.1080/14772000.2024.2416430.

Predatory Crustacean Species Discovered in Atacama Trench

Dec 10, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Atacama Trench stretches along the eastern South Pacific Ocean, plunging to depths exceeding 8,000 m off the coast of northern Chile. Dulcibella camanchaca,...

This image of Paraliparis selti was taken by baited camera at a depth of 6,520 m. Image credit: Linley et al., doi: 10.1007/s12526-022-01294-0.

New Deep-Sea Snailfish Species Discovered in Atacama Trench

Oct 13, 2022 by News Staff

Paraliparis selti, or the Blue Atacama snailfish, lives in the hadal zone (waters deeper than 6,000 m) of the Atacama Trench in southeast Pacific Ocean. This...