The Most Numerous Organisms On The Deep Seafloor Are

Having reached some 7 billion in 2011 we outnumber our fellow furries by a wide margin.

The most numerous organisms on the deep seafloor are.

The scientists said on tuesday the microbes were present in clay samples drilled. The scientists said on tuesday the microbes were present in clay samples drilled from the research vessel joides resolution about 245 feet 74 5 meters under the seafloor below 3 5 miles 5 7 km of water. Humans are likely the most numerous species of mammal on earth at the moment. The scientists said on tuesday the microbes were present in clay samples drilled.

The microbes spanning 10 major and numerous minor groups of bacteria may be the planet s oldest known organisms. The only species that may come close to or exceed us in numbers are the brown rat rattus norvegicus and house mouse mus domesticus whose evolutionary histories and distribution are closely tied to our own. Sea urchins sea stars coralline algae crustaceans and. The major advantage that deep sea benthic animals have over pelagic ones is that their food.

The sea floor is a habitat especially rich in species that produce calcium carbonate shells or skeletons so called marine calcifiers. The most numerous organisms on the deep sea floor are.