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Low Life: Cold, polar ocean looks surprisingly rich

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

The first survey of life in deep waters around Antarctica has turned up hundreds of new species and a lot more variety than explorers had expected.

SMALL CATCH. An isopod in the Munna genus, from the depths of the Southern Ocean, has long appendages, unlike the stubby ones of its terrestrial cousins the pill bugs.