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A mysterious barrier in the Atlantic divides weird deep-sea jellyfish cousins

ARCTIC OCEAN, JUL 30 – The oceanic barrier linked to the North Atlantic Drift divides deep-sea jellyfish into distinct groups despite genetic similarities, based on over 120 years of data.

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Researchers have mapped the distribution of a jellyfish subspecies and found that creatures which lack a distinctive "knob" are somehow prevented from leaving the Arctic.

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A mysterious barrier in the Atlantic divides weird deep-sea jellyfish cousins

Researchers have mapped the distribution of a jellyfish subspecies and found that creatures which lack a distinctive "knob" are somehow prevented from leaving the Arctic.

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