Nekton Ocean Census, the world's largest collaborative effort to accelerate the discovery of new marine life, announced the discovery of 866 new marine species.

New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine life findings.

An ongoing Paleontological Resource Inventory discovered the new species, called Clavusodens mcginnisi, while collecting fossil teeth deep inside a formation with the cave system.

Global ocean expedition uncovers hundreds of new marine species, from a venomous deep-sea snail to a rare coral, highlighting vast unknown biodiversity - Anadolu Ajansı

A project called The Ocean Census has discovered 866 new species in a global creature-finding mission under the sea.