Scientists discover 149 new marine species off Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands
More than 100 new species have been recorded and catalogued for the first time in some of Australia’s most remote territorial waters. The often bizarre benthic creatures were found dwelling across 22 seamounts, or massive subsea mountains, near the Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, nearly 3,000 kilometres north-west of Perth. Scientists from the CSIRO and…