Scientists uncover 1,451 new species in the ocean in the past year
UK Daily Mail 2015: From a frilled shark to the frogfish, we’re finding four new sea creatures every day: Scientists uncover 1,451 new species in the ocean in the past year alone
Scientists have discovered 1,451 new species in our oceans in past year
Creatures include beasts from the deep, microscopic shrimp and dolphins
Marine explorers discovered ‘Keesingia gigas’ jellyfish off Australian coast
'Star-gazer' shrimp also found in the seas off South Africa by marine expert
Despite the expansion of our knowledge however, scientists estimate we still only know about a tenth of the marine life on Earth.
The World Register of Marine Species – which aims to become an inventory of all known ocean life – numbers 228,000 species, with new names being added every day.
