S’pore plays a role in deep sea exploration to understand marine biodiversity

S’pore plays a role in deep sea exploration to understand marine biodiversity

The Straits Times - Singapore·2024-04-15 06:01

SINGAPORE – As countries around the world venture into the unknown of the deep sea, Singapore scientists too are embarking on similar expeditions to better understand South-east Asian waters.

In 2018, researchers from Singapore and Indonesia embarked on a pioneering expedition to Indonesia’s seas off West Java, where they uncovered some 800 species from more than 200 families of sponges, jellyfish, molluscs, starfish, urchins, worms, crabs, prawns and fish, accounting for more than 12,000 individual animals.

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