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scientistsonthursdayreleaseresultsofalandmarkstudytorecordthediversityoflifeevenaroundaustraliasriefks

thescientistsfromthesentenceofmarinelife

havereportefininghundredsofnewspeciesofmarinelifeofftwoislandsonthegreatningaloerreefaswellasningalureefoffthewesterncoastofaustralia

amongthemostinterestingobservationsaretennipherscommonlyknownascomjellieswhopaidjulatnessandverttibertsthatgiveofflightthroughbiolumanescence

squadlobsterswhicharenotlobstersatall

andaremorecloselyrelatedtohermetcrabs

fistalshrim

whichusetheirlargequoadtocreateasoundpressurewave

strongenoughtokillsmallfish

starfishandbrilliantlycoouredmolels

alllivingtogetherandsummerbuildinghiddenhabitatsontopoftheruinsofothersinsurveyingthecoralonthereefs

researchersalsodeployednewmethodsthatwillhelpstandardizemeasurementsofcoralreefs

worldwideofthenearlythreehundredspeciesofsoftcoralsurveythesentenceofmarineline

scientistssaythatuptoonehalfisthoughttobenewspecies

expertssaythecoralarenotnotrebuilders

buttheydocoveruptotwentyfivepercentofsomeareasatthestudysite

andprovideimportanthabitatforotherspecies

despitethehighdistributionofsoftcoralaroundtheworld

itstillremamainsoneofthecorcorreateunderstoodgroups

doctoreanpointerceoo

oneoftheorganizations

thatsparticipatingintheexexpeditionreportsthattheonlywaytofullyunderstandtheimplicationsofthethreatsposedtocoralistoestablishedabaselineofbiodiversity

andfollowupwithlatersentencesexpeditiontothethreesiteswillberepeatedyearlyoverthecourseofthenextthreeyears

inordertocontinuethesentcesandstudy

theeffectsofclimatechangeandotherprocessesovertime