The Census of Marine Life: Photo of the Week – Promachoteuthis Sloani
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(Click to enlarge) Census of Marine Life - Photo of the Week
Among the 80,000 organisms, encompassing 354 families, genera, and species that Census deep sea investigators collected from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge was the reference specimen or holotype for a new species of squid: Promachoteuthis sloani.
Photo: Richard Young-MARECO
The Census of Marine Life (CoML) is a broad global initiative that supports research at the frontiers of our oceans: the hottest undersea vents, the deepest and darkest depths, the rapidly changing poles, and the most interesting biological “hotspots.”
CoML projects engage more than 2000 scientists and marine professionals from 80 countries in an initial ten-year effort to assess and explain the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life in the world’s oceans – past, present and future.
Click here to learn more about the Census of Marine Life (CoML).
Be sure to check back each week for more incredible photos from this amazing program!
