We're not sure of their role in the ecosystem yet, we can consider that it serves similar roles to other ctenophores near the ocean floor and it also has some similarities to other ctenophores in open ocean areas.

Mike Ford

Naming of organisms is guided by international code, but some changes have allowed descriptions of new species based on video — certainly when species are rare and when collection is impossible, when we made these observations, we were 4,000 meters down, using a remote vehicle, and we did not have the capabilities to take a sample.