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  1. Swimming #crustacean eats unlikely food source in the deep ocean phys.org/news/2024-09-crustace

    A #DeepSea isopod that consumes #Sargassum sinking from the #ocean’s surface royalsocietypublishing.org/doi

    "Using the submersible #Alvin, scientists encountered this isopod swimming 3.7 miles deep... Surprisingly, these #isopods can be seen carrying something more common on the ocean's surface: large pieces of Sargassum #algae. At the surface, Sargassum grows using photosynthesis, forming floating forests"