Lost and found: Census of Marine Life turns up hundreds of species

1:48 AM Tue 5 Oct 2010 GMT

'The deep sea creature found in the Coral Sea, the Jurassic Prawn, was previously believed to be extinct.' .

A species that had previously been deemed extinct, was discovered on an underwater peak in the Coral Sea, along with hundreds of new species, in a $669m decade-long global marine survey, 'Census of Marine Life', conducted by scientists across the area between Australia and New Caledonia. The 12cm long Neoglyphea neocaledonica, or 'Jurassic shrimp', was turned up among more than 30 million observations of 120,000 species, showing the study team just how much there is still to learn about ocean life. Launched in London last night, the First 'Census of Marine Life' aimed to establish a baseline against which 21st ...

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by Jeni Bone