Hawaii Atoll Trip IDs 100 New Species
October 31, 2006 @ 10:13 AM (EST)
Source: starbulletin.com
Federal researchers have discovered what appears to be more than 100 new species of marine animals on a three-week voyage to French Frigate Shoals, officials said yesterday.
Crabs, corals, sea cucumbers, sea squirts, worms, sea stars, snails and clams were among the unusual-looking samples collected by researchers aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Oscar Elton Sette from this part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument...
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