The Black Carpet Ocean Creature

It is not a hydrozoa or a siphonophore it is described as a mile long black carpet of creatures imagine a stingray hovering over the surface of water but a mile long and composed of strange little tentacle thingies that suck up the nutrients off of the ocean floor and sort of swipe across it.

The black carpet ocean creature.

Legend of the deep sea black carpet from diveranon giant sea anemones the bloop these are stories from diveranon discussing potential biological origins of the bloop or other unidentified sea sounds the black carpet and generally just what bizarre organisms may still be lurking undiscovered. A group of 40 scientists from 17 different nations teamed up to search the freezing pitch black area using cameras and other equipment. By oli smith published. 06 10 mon oct 31 2016.

We re talking about the blob sculpin or the tasseled wobbegong or the aptly named terrible claw lobster. By most estimates we ve explored somewhere around 5 percent of our oceans. Researchers estimate the creature which is related to jellyfish and corals has an outer ring that is approximately 154 feet long. It is said to be a giant flat black siphonophore that is about a mile long wide and covered in feelers with an occasional 20ish foot long transparent tentacle.

This creature has not been seen in the ocean but rather in lake champlain but it s off the coast of vermont and new york so we re going to go ahead and say close enough in reference to the fact that this is an ocean list. Commonly known for migrating to depths past 1 600 feet their pitch black color blends in with the dark waters they live in. What we have charted however has turned up some seriously curious discoveries namely. The black dragonfish has a scientific designation too difficult to pronounce but it is truly one of the most intimidating creatures found in the sea.

I ve heard about a possible urban legend about a deep sea creature known among divers as the black carpet.