A ghostly white, unusually large predator has been discovered deep inside one of Earth's deepest ocean trenches.

Found at a staggering depth of 25,900 feet (7,902 meters) in the eastern Pacific Ocean's Atacama Trench, researchers have discovered a new species of large predatory amphipod, Dulcibella camanchaca.

This shrimp-like crustacean, which is 1.57 inches (4 centimeters) long — a giant among amphipods — has specialized appendages to hunt smaller prey lurking at the same depths.

The creature's discovery — details of which were published Nov. 27 in the journal Systematics and Biodiversity — represents the first known large, active predator of its kind in one of the world's deepest oceanic habitats.