Scientists say that two strange deep-sea animals discovered in off the coast of Tasmania almost three decades ago could change our understanding of evolution.
The soft-bodied creatures, which have finally been named Dendrogramma enigmatica and Dendrogramma discoides, do not fit into any known categories in the animal kingdom.
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