Giant "Amoebas" Found in Deepest Place on Earth - National …
WEBOct 26, 2011 · The animals are about four inches (ten centimeters) long—among the largest single-celled organisms known to exist. The creatures were discovered at depths of 6.6 miles (10.6 kilometers). That...
Scientists ID Giant Amoebas in the Extreme Deep
WEBNov 8, 2011 · A summer research expedition organized by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has led to the identification of gigantic amoebas called xenophyophores at one of the deepest locations on Earth.
Deepest ocean trench home to race of giant amoebas
WEBOct 24, 2011 · Scientists have discovered a community of 4-inch amoebas living at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest known part of the world's oceans.
Giant Amoebas Discovered in Deepest Ocean Trench
WEBOct 21, 2011 · Giant amoebas and the deepest living jellyfish yet found were discovered in a deep sea mission to the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot on Earth.
Chaos (genus) - Wikipedia
WEBChaos is a genus of single-celled amoeboid organisms in the family Amoebidae. The largest and most-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba" (Chaos carolinensis), can reach lengths up to 5 mm, although most specimens fall between 1 and 3 mm. [3][4][5]
Giant amoeba found in Mariana Trench -- 6.6 miles beneath the sea
WEBOct 26, 2011 · Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have found giant amoebas 6.6 miles below the surface of the ocean, in the Mariana Trench to be exact. To put that in perspective: These...
For a Giant Single-Celled Organism, Home Is the Deepest …
WEBOct 31, 2011 · Researchers returning from an expedition to the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, the deepest part of the oceans, say it is home to single-celled organisms more than four inches long.
Giant amoebas discovered in deepest ocean trench - NBC News
WEBOct 22, 2011 · Gigantic amoebas have been found in the Mariana Trench, the deepest region on Earth. National Geographic Society Remote Imaging engineers Eric Berkenpas (bottom) and Graham Wilhelm prepare to ...
Amoeba - Wikipedia
WEBAn amoeba (/ ə ˈ m iː b ə /; less commonly spelled ameba or amœba; pl.: amoebas (less commonly, amebas) or amoebae (amebae) / ə ˈ m iː b i /), [1] often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism with the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods. [2]
Video: Giant amoebas found in deep ocean - Orange County …
WEBOct 24, 2011 · A probe sent to crushing depths more than six miles beneath the ocean surface captured images seeming straight from science fiction: giant single-celled creatures, called amoebas, some four...
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