Oldest Sea Creatures Have Been Alive 4,000 Years
When you buy through links on our internet site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it make . Deep - sea corals are the oldest animation animal with a skeletal frame in the seas , claims new research that found a 4,265 - yr - old coral species off the coast of Hawaii . inscrutable - sea corals , which arethreatened by climate changeand pollution like shallow water corals are , grow on seamounts ( good deal rising from the seafloor that do n’t make the ocean ’s aerofoil ) and continental margins at depths of about 1,000 to 10,000 foot ( 300 to 3,000 meters ) ....