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During their journey aboard the research vessel Falkor of the Schmidt Ocean Institute, researchers from the Museum of Western Australia also recorded about 30 new underwater species.
“We suspected that these deep water areas would be diverse, but we were surprised by the importance of what we have seen”, he said in a release Nerida Wilson, who led the investigation.
To do this, they used un underwater robot, ROV SuBastian. They made a total of 20 dives to depths of up to 4,500 meters during 181 hours of exploration, the scientists detail.
The researchers also collected the first giant hydroids in Australia, discovered large communities of glass sponges in Cape Range Canyon and they observed for the first time in Western Australia the bioluminescent Taning squid, long-tailed sea cucumber, and many other mollusks, barnacles, and lobster species.
Scientists consider that their findings will have important implications for the conservation of these underwater ecosystemsIn addition to similar habitats worldwide, they are also endangered due to climate change.
The expedition is part of the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s one-year initiative in Australia and the Pacific to carry out a series of science and engineering expeditions with teams of scientists and researchers from around the world.
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