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Dolphins, diatoms and sea dragons join census of all known marine life

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Nature

Publication Date
2015-03-12

Taxonomists undertaking the daunting task of compiling a list of every species in the sea say that there are 228,445 known marine organisms. The team from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) has eliminated 190,400 previously listed species, because they were duplicate identities.

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http://www.nature.com/news/dolphins-diatoms-and-sea-dragons-join-census-of-all-known-marine-life-1.17094