Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:51pm on 12 Mar 2024,Tuesday Science
Marine researchers exploring the little-explored Bounty Trough off New Zealand's east coast have uncovered around 100 potential new species, including a mysterious starlike creature. Dr. Daniel Moore, from Ocean Census, described the three-week expedition as true exploration due to the lack of data in the area. The scientists are now analyzing their findings to confirm the newfound species. One puzzling discovery resembles a sea star or sea anemone, but its place in the tree of life remains unknown. Dr. Michela Mitchell suggests it might be a type of deep-sea coral called octocoral. The expedition aims to identify 100,000 unknown species in the next decade.
