Marine Biodiversity - Mark Costello - NRIC synthesis
1. Synthesis across Census’ regions (2010) PLoS ONE 5(8): e12110. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012110 Mark J. Costello University of Auckland, New Zealand [email_address]
6. More from the Census Deep-sea dragonfish. Photo: Julian Finn, Museum Victoria Phronima shrimp living in a salp. Photo: H. Bahena Deep sea octopus, Benthoctopus Gulf of Mexico 2700m Photo : I. MacDonald Venus fly-trap. Gulf of Mexico 1500 m Photo: I. MacDonald Zombie worm. Eats bones dead whales. Photo: Y. Fuijjwara, JAMSTEC Burglar alarm jellyfish and hydroid. Photos: JAMSTEC
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9. Geographic patterns Poor species – area relationship reflected lack of sampling in offshore areas
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13. Recent discoveries Elpidia belyaevi , a new species of sea cucumber from the Arctic deep sea. Photo: Antonina Rogacheva, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Moscow Fucus radicans Pereyra et al. 2009. Baltic endemic seaweed. Photo: Lena Bergstrom, Swedish Board of Fisheries Hydatinidae gen. sp. (red-lined paper bubble snail) new species discovered on a sperm whale carcass in the deep sea. Photo Credit: Yoshihiro Fujiwara JAMSTEC
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20. http://coml.org/nric-embargo-video See the weird and wonderful examples of marine species and their habitats at From: express.howstuffworks.com Photos without attribution are by the author
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