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New species discoveries reshape the case against deep-sea mining in the Pacific

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Co-led the research; UK-based marine science center

Scientists have identified 24 new species of amphipod crustaceans in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a Pacific seabed region the size of the United States at the center of the deep-sea mining debate. Among them is an entirely new superfamily, Mirabestioidea — a previously unknown evolutionary branch equivalent to discovering a new mammal order.

Updated May 30