Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Australian waters ranked most biologically diverse


Australia's waters have been ranked as being the most biologically diverse in the world, yet up to 80 per cent of the species in it have yet to be discovered, a new study has shown.

In one of the final studies of the International Census of Marine Life, a survey of Australian waters has revealed it contains 32,889 known species, just pipping Japan with 32,777 known species.

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