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Teeming biodiversity discovered in extinct volcanoes off south-eastern Australia Media Release – 8 October 2008
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| A new species of Ophiomyxa brittlestar | A new species of Marginaster seastar - first deepsea Australian species in the genus |
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| A new species of Ophiacantha brittlestar | A new species of Ophiomitrella brittlestar |
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| A new species of Amphioplus brittlestar | A probable new species of Alpheus pistol shrimp |
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| A probable new species of Lebbeus shrimp | A possible new species of Plesionika shrimp |
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| A probable new species of Lissosabinea shrimp - only one species previously recorded from Australian waters | A new species of Trichopeltarion crab - a group of deepsea crabs, this species is restricted to seamounts in southeastern Australia |
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| A diverse seamount community of filter feeding corals, sponges and brittle stars at 1106 meters water depth in the Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve off southern Tasmania. | A sea star lives amongst deepwater corals at 1115 meters water depth in the Huon Commonwealth Marine Reserve off southern Tasmania. |
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