More than 800 new marine species have been discovered after two years of joint efforts, including scientists, governments and museums, among others, scientists, governments and museums, who are part of a global alliance established to accelerate the discovery of marine life.
New species of sharks, sea butterflies, mud dragons, bamboo corals, water bears, fallopian tubes and shrimp were just a few of the findings registered in the directory after Collaborative conducted 10 global expeditions and eight species discovery workshops.
“The last two years have been transformative in the Maritime Census. We have developed new ways of pioneering, built key partnerships, established a global network of participating scientists, and overcome the hurdles of a truly global mission.”
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“The ocean covers 71% of our planets, but it is said that only about 10% of the marine life discovered so far have been discovered,” said Dr. Michelle Taylor, the lead investigator of the Marine Census.
The Alliance was established in April 2023 by the Japan Foundation and Necton. Approximately 400 institutions were involved in the activities, and 93 scientists were funded to participate in expeditions and research projects to speed up identification and official registration of new species, the Maritime Census said on its website. This process can take up to 13.5 years, and some species may become extinct before they are documented.
Dave Evert of the Pacific Shar Research Institute said in the video he knows there is another new species.
The recent gusts of the expedition, launched by the Ocean Census, have discovered new species using divers, submersables and deep-sea robots 5,000 meters below sea level. The species were analyzed and confirmed in research in dozens of world laboratories.
Some of the species found include:
Guitar shark
Also known as the “Lost Shark Man,” Ebert has identified a guitar shark 200m deep in Mozambique and Tanzania, Africa. There are 38 known species of this shark all over the world, and shares both shark and ray properties. The Guitar Shark Family is one of the top 10 most threatened vertebrate groups, with two thirds being threatened.
Sergey Bogorodsky/ The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census
Turridrupa sp gastropod
Discovering 380-400m in the waters of New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the South Pacific, the predator is one of 100 newly identified talid gastropods. These deep-sea snails leach toxins into their bait and inject them into their prey with precision with venomous teeth.
Peter Stahlschmidt /The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census
Sea Star: Tylaster sp.
Found between 2770m and 3575m in Joturbentfield, the Arctic, east of Greenland. This is the second species recorded in this genus, the first species cited in 1881 at 1100 m Norwegian Sea.
Martin Hartley / Nippon Foundation – Necton Ocean Census
