大堡礁下奇异的深海生物编辑本段回目录
澳大利亚科学家首次考察受海洋变暖威胁的物种，在大堡礁下数百米处发现奇异的史前海生物。他们利用遥控照相机在鱼鹰礁拍到令人惊叹的生物，其中有古老的鲨鱼、巨大的油鱼、成群的甲壳类动物和原始的壳居鱿鱼类鹦鹉螺。
Lead researcher Justin Marshall said his team had also found several unidentified fish species, including "prehistoric six-gilled sharks" using special low-light sensitive cameras which were custom designed to trawl the ocean floor, 1,400 metres (4,593 feet) below sea level. "Some of the creatures that we've seen we were sort of expecting, some of them we weren't expecting, and some of them we haven't identified yet," said Marshall, from the University of Queensland. The team used a tuna head on a stick to attract the creatures, which live beyond the reach of sunlight
昆士兰大学首席研究员贾斯廷马歇尔说，他的团队利用专为海底搜索定制的特殊低光敏相机，在海平面以下1400米处发现了几种未确认的鱼类，其中包括“史前六肋鲨鱼”。“我们看到的生物有些是意料之中的，有些是没想到的，还有些以前没见过。”这个团队利用一个粘在棍子上的金枪鱼头吸引那些见不到阳光的生物。
Professor Marshall said: "Osprey Reef is one of the many reefs in the Coral Sea Conservation Zone, which has been identified as an area of high conservation importance. Therefore it is paramount that we identify the ecosystems and species inhabiting the area." He added: "As well as understanding life at the surface, we need to plunge off the walls of Osprey to describe the deep-sea life that lives down to 2,000 metres, beyond the reach of sunlight"
马歇尔教授说：“鱼鹰礁是珊瑚海保护区众多珊瑚礁之一，被确认为具有重要保护价值的地区。因此，确认栖息此地的生态系统和物种很重要。了解表层生命也很重要，我们需要深入鱼鹰礁辨别生活在2000米以下见不到阳光的深海生物。”
The team of scientists captured the sea creatures using special low-light sensitive, custom designed remote controlled cameras, which sat on the sea floor. They spent 10 days filming in the deep-sea
这个科学家团队利用特别定制的低光敏遥控相机捕捉呆在海底的生物照片。他们在海底拍摄了十天。
Professor Marshall said most of our knowledge on how nerve cells function and communicate was first pioneered through work on squid giant nerve cells. He said: "We are now returning to these original model systems, both for their own intrinsic interest and also to better understand brain disorders which lead to conditions such as epilepsy"
马歇尔教授说，我们对神经细胞如何起作用并进行交流的认识大都是通过研究鱿鱼巨大的神经细胞得到的。“现在，我们回到这些原始模型系统，既是为了它们的自身利益，也能更好地了解导致癫痫之类疾病的大脑紊乱问题。”
Professor Marshall said: "They are slow moving, efficient swimmers because they exist in a world where food is sparse and they need to conserve energy. Some of these animals that live in the deep ocean only feed once or twice a year. It's not like you’ve got salmon rushing about or tuna flying past at high speed"
马歇尔教授说：“它们是行动缓慢且有效的游泳者，因为它们生活在食物稀缺的世界，需要保存能量。有些生活在深海的生物每年只进食一两次。这里不像有四处游荡的鲑鱼或高速飞过的金枪鱼的地方。”
Many species had also evolved to produce their own light because sunlight fails to penetrate more than 800 metres beneath the sea surface. They produce light similar to a firefly and use it as a defence mechanism, to communicate and to see.
因为阳光穿不透800多米深海表面，有些物种还进化出自己的光。它们像萤火虫一样发光，并用光作为防御机制，进行交流和观察。
1.A deep-sea amphipod crustacean
1.深海片脚甲壳类动物园
Picture: AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
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2.A Prehistoric Six Gilled Shark attacks the bait next to the camera
2.史前六腮鲨鱼攻击相机旁的诱饵
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3.A deep-sea anglerfish
3.深海琵琶鱼
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4.A deep-sea hatchetfish
4.深海斧头鱼
Picture: AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
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5.A detailed shot of the skin of a deep-sea squid
5.深海鱿鱼皮肤的高清图片
Picture: AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
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6.Deep sea jellyfish Atolla
6.深海棕色水母
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7.Deep-sea amphipod Phronima
7.深海片脚面类Phronima
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8.A deep-sea viperfish
8.深海蝗鱼
Picture: AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
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9.A deep-sea anglerfish
9.深海琵琶鱼
Picture: AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
图片来源：AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
10.A Peraphilla deep-sea jellyfish
10.深海水母Peraphilla
Picture: AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
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11.Zooplankton from the deep
11.深海浮游动物
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12.Hatchetfish bioluminescent organs
12.斧头鱼的发光器官
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13.A cantering isopod
13.慢跑的等足动物园
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14.A deep-sea anglerfish
14.深海琵琶鱼
Picture:AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
图片来源：AFP PHOTO/QUEENSLAND BRAIN INSTITUTE/Justin Marshall
15.The sense organs of a ridge-head deep-sea fish
15.脊头深海鱼的感觉器官
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16.Scientists lower their camera rig into the sea
16.科学家把相机装备放入海中
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