Three New Species Discovered on Deep-sea Voyage http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204140630.htm

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and an international team of collaborators have returned from a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, that not only netted coral-reef samples likely to provide insight into the impact of climate change on the world's oceans, but also brought to light at least three never-before-seen species of sea life...

New species of carnivorous sea squirt that "looks and behaves like a Venus fly trap," according to researchers. (Credit: Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory, WHOI/Jess Adkins, Caltech)