Monday 4 January 2016

BioBrevia: Introducing the Ninja Lanternshark

The newly described Ninja Lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)
Photo: From Vasquesz et al 2015

A new species of lanternshark, whimsically named the Ninja Lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi), has been described in a paper by Vasquez et al in the Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. Like the lanternsharks I've written about previously, the Ninja Lanternshark can glow, but it seems to have only a limited number of photophores.