Source: Colombia Reports
July 7, 2010

Three new marine species have been found in the deep waters of Colombia's Caribbean coast.

In the course of a twelve-year project, a team of marine biologists at the Institute of Marine and Coastal research (Invemar) explored depths of up to 700 metres.

They collected samples from a number of distinct taxonomic groups, including echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins), corals and deep-sea mollusks.

After a lengthy identification process, it emerged that two corals (Heterocyathus antoniae and Stephanocyathus isabellae) and one mollusk (Striocadalus magdalenensis) have never been scientifically described before.

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