Deep beneath the surface of the Coral Sea, an extraordinary discovery is unfolding. 🌊 More than 110 new species of fish and invertebrates have been identified by marine taxonomists in the largely unexplored deep waters of the Coral Sea Marine Park, off the Queensland coast.
These incredible findings were made during a recent expedition aboard the @CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator, which explored depths of 200 to 3,000 metres in the Coral Sea Marine Park – a vast, mostly uncharted area of nearly one million square kilometres. 🐟🌊
Among the discoveries are new species of rays, a deepwater catshark, a chimaera, and a dazzling array of brittlestars, crabs, sea anemones, and sponges. 🦀 The team even captured stunning footage of the rare sand tiger shark, a deepwater relative of the grey nurse shark, using RV Investigator’s deep-towed camera. 🎥
Find out more about this incredible work happening in the Queensland Science scene: csiro.au/en/news/all/ne…
These incredible findings were made during a recent expedition aboard the @CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator, which explored depths of 200 to 3,000 metres in the Coral Sea Marine Park – a vast, mostly uncharted area of nearly one million square kilometres. 🐟🌊
Among the discoveries are new species of rays, a deepwater catshark, a chimaera, and a dazzling array of brittlestars, crabs, sea anemones, and sponges. 🦀 The team even captured stunning footage of the rare sand tiger shark, a deepwater relative of the grey nurse shark, using RV Investigator’s deep-towed camera. 🎥
Find out more about this incredible work happening in the Queensland Science scene: csiro.au/en/news/all/ne…
