New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine life findings.

A project called The Ocean Census has discovered 866 new species in a global creature-finding mission under the sea.

The exhaustive research has been conducted as part of the Nippon Foundation Nekton Ocean Census. Launched in April 2023, the effort is made up over more than 800 scientists from over 400 universities and institutions around the planet. As noted, their objective is to identify as many as 100,000 ocean species.

Global ocean expedition uncovers hundreds of new marine species, from a venomous deep-sea snail to a rare coral, highlighting vast unknown biodiversity - Anadolu Ajansı