Census of Marine Life Project -now 230,000 species

Discussion in 'Environmental' started by Om_Seeker, Nov 23, 2004.

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  1. Om_Seeker

    Om_Seeker Astrea Snail

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    This looks like a pretty cool project to identify and consolidate all the known marine life in the oceans. I doubt we'll ever get to ID "everything" in the oceans but to have a single database would be useful.

    Is anyone on 3Reef associated with this Census of Marine Life project?

    Some 178 new species of fish discovered this year, including a goby fish from Guam that has a snapping shrimp on its tail.

    Here's the article:
    Number of ocean species nears quarter-million
     
    Om_Seeker, Nov 23, 2004
    Om_Seeker, Nov 23, 2004
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