Plutomurus ortobalaganensisi

The record for depth. This eyeless springtail was collected about 1,980 meters below the surface in Krubera-Voronja Cave in the western Caucasus, and when it was described in 2012 it was the deepest land animal known. It lives on fungi, far beyond the reach of any plant. Unusually for a deep cave…

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