Ghost shark, carnivorous sponge among 1,000+ newly discovered marine species

Mongabay
May 20, 2026, 7:58 am125 ptsTrending
The third year of a global Ocean Census has revealed 1,121 potentially new-to-science marine species, including a worm that lives inside a “glass castle,” a ghost shark, and a carnivorous sponge. The Ocean Census, launched in April 2023, aims to discover and describe marine life “at speed and at scale”…

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