Media contributions
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Title Pale octopus, hairy-chested yeti crab and other new species found Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Guardian Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 4/01/12 Description A world of previously unseen creatures has been found thriving next to boiling vents of water, several miles under the surface of the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. Hundreds of hairy-chested yeti crabs, a mysterious-looking pale octopus and colonies of limpets, snails and barnacles were found by British scientists at a hydrothermal vent located in the ocean's East Scotia Ridge. Producer/Author Alok Jha URL https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jan/04/new-species-southern-ocean-antarctica Persons Nicolai Roterman Title "Lost World" of Odd Species Found Off Antarctica (Pictures) Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet National Geographic Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 4/01/12 Description An unnamed new species of Yeti crab swarms near hot, mineral-rich hydrothermal vents in the oceans off Antarctica—a newfound "lost world" of strange deep-sea species, scientists say. URL https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120104-lost-world-antarctica-yeti-crabs-science-octopus Persons Nicolai Roterman Title Hairy Yeti Crab Discovered, Dubbed 'The Hoff' (PHOTO) Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Huff Post Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 4/01/12 Description According to the BBC, the crab has long hairs on its abdomen, inspiring a Hasselhoff comparison. The creature was one of many new species discovered by British scientists exploring deep-sea vents in the Antarctic. Others spotted included a pale octopus and new starfish. URL https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/hairy-yeti-crab-hoff_n_1183596 Persons Nicolai Roterman Title The Hoff' crab is new ocean find Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet BBC Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 4/01/12 Description UK scientists have found prodigious numbers of a new crab species on the Southern Ocean floor that they have dubbed "The Hoff" because of its hairy chest. URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16394430 Persons Nicolai Roterman Title Hasselhoff crab’ discovered in Antarctic deep-sea vents Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Washington Post Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 4/01/12 Description Discovered in 2010, the crab lives some 2,500 meters below on the Southern Ocean floor, along with newly found species of anemones, barnacles, an octopus, and predatory sea stars, The Post’s freelance writer Mark Schrope reports. The species were found because they were drawn to to the lights of the robotic research submersible. URL https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/hasselhoff-crab-discovered-in-antarctic-deep-sea-vents/2012/01/04/gIQAzM4QaP_blog.html Persons Nicolai Roterman Title Yeti Crabs & Ghost Octopus! Unique Life Found at 1st Antarctic Deep-Sea Vents Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Live Science Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 3/01/12 Description Scientists doing their first exploring of deep-sea vents in the Antarctic have uncovered a world unlike anything found around other hydrothermal vents, one populated by new species of anemones, predatory sea stars, and piles of hairy-chested yeti crabs. URL https://www.livescience.com/17715-yeti-crabs-antarctic-vents.html Persons Nicolai Roterman