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scientists on a boat near Antarctica
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pulled up their Nets from the cold ocean
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in their catch they found a strange
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creature with 20 arms and a unique body
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shape this creature is a brand new type
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of animal between 2008 and 2017
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researchers went on a few trips to the
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Southern Ocean to look for special sea
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animals called prac corrus or Antarctic
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feather stars these creatures are quite
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big and can live anywhere from 65 ft to
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6,500 ft underwater they look very
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unusual when they swim in their searches
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the scientists found eight feather stars
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that looked different from the others
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they discovered a new species and named
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it prac corrus fagaras also known as the
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Antarctic strawberry feather star the
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Antarctic strawberry feather star has a
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round body that looks like a strawberry
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and it has 20 arms coming out from the
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middle it can be different colors like
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purple or dark red the scientist didn't
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say exactly how big it is pictures show
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that this new species has two kinds of
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arms the ones lower down are shorter and
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have stripes and bumps while the upper
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arms are longer and look soft like
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feathers when you look closely at its
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lower body it's shaped like a triangle
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that's wider at the top and narrow at
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the bottom the surface looks bumpy with
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small round marks that might be from
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arms breaking off the scientists decided
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to call this new creature Antarctic
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strawberry feather star because its body
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shape reminds them of a strawberry these
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creatures were found in the Southern
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Ocean at depths from around 215 ft to
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3,840 ft the scientists identified this
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new species by looking at its body shape
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and analyzing its DNA the team of
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researchers included Emily mclin ner the
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Wilson and Greg Rose they also found a
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few more types of Antarctic feather
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stars including three new ones
