'Thrilling Discovery': Surprising Sea Creature Spotted in Pacific

I was immediately enchanted.

The Nautilus team called it “a thrilling discovery.”

This is the first time this animal has been spotted in the Pacific.

It’s normally found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

The Nautilus came across two examples during the dive.

For scale, the sea pen’s stalk is 6.6 feet (2 meters) long.

Sea pens are filed under cnidarians, a broad group of aquatic animals that includes corals and jellyfish.

The nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust operates the ship and streams many of its ROV dives.