{"id":244276,"date":"2023-08-14T09:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T13:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=302802"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:28:39","slug":"the-aliens-are-already-among-us-this-is-the-terrifying-creature-discovered-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-aliens-are-already-among-us-this-is-the-terrifying-creature-discovered-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctic Anomaly: Shocking Discovery Fuels Theories of Alien Infiltration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earth continues to <strong>conceal significant secrets within its depths<\/strong>. With areas that can exceed depths of 10 kilometers, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/what-is-an-implosion-what-finished-with-the-titan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which greatly complicates human access<\/a>, the oceans are like <strong>small &#8220;alien worlds,&#8221; <\/strong>brimming with mysteries and entirely unfamiliar creatures.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Earth\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/855e97a8-96d0-11e6-9c2c-00163ed833e7\/4242516435\/google-earth-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Earth<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-earth.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-earth.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/scientists-discover-new-species-of-feather-stars-with-20-arms-2023-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Business Insider<\/a><\/strong> reported the discovery of a new creature found in the depths of the sea. Located between 66 and 1170 meters beneath the ocean&#8217;s surface near <strong>Antarctica<\/strong>, this &#8220;sea monster&#8221; possesses <strong>20 tentacle-like limbs<\/strong> covered in a feather-like material resembling bird feathers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly discovered creature, which also features a set of small claws that help it grip the seabed, has been named the <strong>&#8220;strawberry squid star.&#8221;<\/strong> This distinctive name was coined by <strong>Greg Rouse<\/strong>, a marine biology professor and co-author of the study detailing the discovery of this new species, published in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publish.csiro.au\/IS\/IS22057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><em>Invertebrate Systematics<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Estrella-antartica-de-plumas-de-fresa-1024x591-1-1024x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Estrella-antartica-de-plumas-de-fresa-1024x591-1-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Estrella-antartica-de-plumas-de-fresa-1024x591-1-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Estrella-antartica-de-plumas-de-fresa-1024x591-1-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Estrella-antartica-de-plumas-de-fresa-1024x591-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Estrella-antartica-de-plumas-de-fresa-1024x591-1-1200x692.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Estrella-antartica-de-plumas-de-fresa-1024x591-1-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/08\/Estrella-antartica-de-plumas-de-fresa-1024x591-1.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And, although it might seem like a rather random name, it does make sense. If you remove the small tentacular threads that the creature has, which emerge from its base (cirri), you can see that <strong>its shape is very similar to that of a strawberry<\/strong>. &#8220;We removed a lot of cirri so that you can see the parts to which they are attached, and that&#8217;s what looks like a strawberry,&#8221; Rouse explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The marine biologist also observed that the longer, feathery parts of the strawberry squid star (certainly not the shortest name for an animal) tend to extend and <strong>assist in the movement<\/strong> of this inhabitant of the deep sea.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Earth\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/855e97a8-96d0-11e6-9c2c-00163ed833e7\/4242516435\/google-earth-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Earth<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-earth.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-earth.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the species also has an official name: <em><strong>Promachocrinus fragarius<\/strong><\/em>. &#8220;Fragarius&#8221; is derived from the Latin word &#8220;fragum,&#8221; which means strawberry. The creature belongs to the family of <strong>crinoids<\/strong>, which includes starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What kind of marine creatures are yet to be discovered in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-the-new-world-that-has-been-discovered-in-the-depths-of-the-sea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">depths of the sea<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Some of the links added in the article are part of affiliate campaigns and may represent benefits for Softonic.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of scientists has discovered a new and mysterious marine creature in the depths of the ocean, near Antarctica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":244279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2377],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-244276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-earth"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318558,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244276\/revisions\/318558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244276"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=244276"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=244276"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=244276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}