{"id":48062,"date":"2025-05-24T15:33:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T10:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=48062"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:20:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:50:45","slug":"alicella-gigantea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/alicella-gigantea\/","title":{"rendered":"Alicella gigantea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Alicella gigantea Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>New findings reveal that the rare giant shrimp gigantea is widespread, occurring in 59% of the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n<h2>About Alicella gigantea<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alicella gigantea<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0<strong>giant amphipod crustacean<\/strong>\u00a0that can grow up to\u00a0<strong>34 cm in length<\/strong>, making it one of the\u00a0<strong>largest deep-sea amphipods<\/strong>\u00a0ever recorded.<\/li>\n<li>It was long considered\u00a0<strong>extremely rare<\/strong>, with few sightings since its discovery. A major early sighting involved a\u00a0<strong>28 cm specimen at 5,304 m depth<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>North Pacific<\/strong>, but it remained\u00a0<strong>unidentified for years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Taxonomy and Habitat<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amphipods<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0<strong>shrimp-like crustaceans<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>over 10,000 known species<\/strong>, commonly found in a wide range of\u00a0<strong>aquatic environments<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A. gigantea<\/strong>\u00a0thrives in\u00a0<strong>deep-sea zones<\/strong>, including:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Abyssal depths (3,000\u20136,000 m)<\/strong>, and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hadal zones (&gt;6,000 m)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It was found at depths up to\u00a0<strong>6,746 m<\/strong>\u00a0in areas such as the\u00a0<strong>Murray Fracture Zone<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>North Pacific<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Global Distribution and Dataset<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The new research compiled\u00a0<strong>195 records<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<i>A. gigantea<\/i>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong>75 locations<\/strong>\u00a0across the\u00a0<strong>Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans<\/strong>, covering\u00a0<strong>15 different seafloor features<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This data establishes\u00a0<strong>A. gigantea<\/strong>\u00a0as a\u00a0<strong>globally distributed species<\/strong>, not a localised rarity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Pacific Ocean<\/strong>\u00a0emerged as the species\u2019\u00a0<strong>most significant habitat<\/strong>, with\u00a0<strong>75% of its seafloor area<\/strong>\u00a0falling within the\u00a0<strong>suitable depth range<\/strong>\u00a0for the species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alicella gigantea FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:\u00a0<\/strong>What is Alicella gigantea?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Alicella gigantea is a species of deep-sea amphipod, known for being among the largest amphipods ever recorded, found in the deepest parts of the ocean, including the Mariana Trench.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:\u00a0<\/strong>How deep is the habitat of Alicella gigantea?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0This species lives at depths of 6,000 to 10,000 meters, making it one of the deepest-dwelling amphipods known to science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-05-rare-giant-shrimp-widespread-previously.html#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PHY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicella gigantea is a giant amphipod crustacean that can grow up to 34 cm in length, making it one of the largest deep-sea amphipods ever recorded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[535,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-48062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-alicella-gigantea","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}