At IOCAS’s Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy & Phylogeny (MOTP) Studies, a pioneer in surveys on marine biodiversity, researchers have explored nine seamounts in the tropical Western ...

This discovery highlights the importance of seamounts as true biodiversity hotspots. Vitrumanthus flosculus lives in ...

In addition to mapping the seamount, the team conducted an exploratory dive using an underwater robot, which revealed rich biodiversity, including sponge gardens and ancient corals. "On this ...

And, that's all biodiversity that we had no clue existed ... communities of animals change with depth and among the different seamounts. And, we were looking to see if there were any, if each ...