Many new species found in Atlantic netting expedition
A three-week voyage of discovery in the Atlantic has returned with tiny animals which appear new to science.
They include waif-like plankton with delicate translucent bodies related to jellyfish, hundreds of microscopic shrimps, and several kinds of fish.
The voyage is part of the ongoing Census of Marine Life (CoML) which aims to map ocean life throughout the world.
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