The Nation - News from July 2, 1986

An exotic six-sided animal thought to be extinct and a previously unknown type of blind shrimp have been found living near geysers on the Atlantic floor, a scientist back from an expedition two miles beneath the ocean surface said. Dr. Peter Rona of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said his team also saw massive mineral deposits. The blind shrimp roams around the edges of the geysers to eat while trying to avoid being scalded by the 660-degree water, Rona said. The six-sided creature about the size of a silver dollar, covered with rows of black dots, previously had been seen only in rock fossils more than 70 million years old.