“The material described herein was found during a freezer clean up: in a pudding of old ice and forgotten Eppendorf tubes, a vial with an unusual animal was recovered,” researchers said in a March 26 ...

Then, on a recent expedition, they spotted a dazzling creature. “To describe this polychaete, one simply must use jazz hands — it is the only way to capture this deep-sea worm’s dazzle!” ...

The “lost and found” animal was a marine worm called a polychaete, according to the study. However, a few key features set the worm apart from previously described species. The holotype ...