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Related: About this forumOrigin of mystery deep-sea 'mushroom' revealed
By Myles Gough
Dendrogramma was named for the branching channels visible in its body mass
Australian scientists have used genetic material to pinpoint the origin of the deep-sea mushroom, an unusual gelatinous creature first dredged up near Tasmania in 1986.
The organisms have a cylindrical stalk capped by a flat, semi-transparent disc that houses visible channels branching outwards.
These channels, which resemble tree-like diagrams known as dendrograms, are the basis for its scientific name - Dendrogramma.
The original specimens were described for the first time in 2014 by a team of Danish scientists, one of whom had been aboard the 1986 voyage and later transported the samples to Copenhagen.
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