New anemone discovered in waters off Australia is 指名するd after Ridley Scott's 外国人 antagonist Xenomorph
- Epizoanthus xenomorphoideus was discovered in waters off Japan and Australia
- The '外国人 fish' can be 設立する in ocean depths between 250m and 1100m
- The 発見 creates 広大な／多数の／重要な 不確定 of life 深い beneath the sea
Australian and Japanese scientists have discovered an '外国人' fish at the 底（に届く） of the ocean.
They have 指名するd the 深い sea?anemone after the fictional '直面する hugger' xenomorph from the 1979 movie 外国人 because of its の近くに resemblance to the character.
The 種類 has a symbiotic 関係 with hermit crabs and is 設立する at depths between 250m and 1,100m in waters off Japan and Australia, scientists say.
The fish has 公式に been 指名するd Epizoanthus xenomorphoideus.
The fish has 公式に been 指名するd Epizoanthus xenomorphoideus and was 設立する at depths between of 250m and 1100m in waters off Japan and Australia
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The Queensland Museum's Dr Merrick Ekins said the fish latches の上に hermit crabs.
'When this happens, Epizaoanthus produces a pseudo-爆撃する that grows with the hermit crab, 除去するing the need for the hermit crab to search for a new empty 爆撃する,' Dr Ekins said.
This 関係 may be a by-製品 of the 広大な／多数の／重要な 不確定 of life 深い beneath the sea.
研究員 Hioki Kise from Japan's University of the Ryukyus said the 連合させるd 関係 with hermit crabs begs the question of what other sea creatures may be undiscovered in the ocean.?
'The 深い sea harbours a very high number of 種類, 含むing many not yet discovered.'
The 研究 was recently published in the 定期刊行物 Systematics and Biodiversity.?
They have 指名するd the 深い sea animal after the fictiona l '直面する hugger' xenomorph 外国人 (pictured) from the 1979 movie 外国人 because of its resemblance
