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Scientists Discover a Curious 'Dragonball' Structure Deep in The South China Sea
Scientists have discovered a microscopic organelle unlike any other on Earth, hiding within a mysterious deep-sea creature.
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Scientists have identified a previously unknown microscopic organelle, dubbed a “dragonball,” inside the divine dragon glistenworm (Chaetoderma shenloong). The rare mollusc was located buried in deep‑sea mud at two methane seeps in the South China Sea and at a third site off Japan, marking the first documented occurrence of this organelle in any Earth organism.
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