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- Based on the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), there are currently (2022 census) about 242,000 known and described marine species living in the world's oceans.
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Nov 30, 2022 · Researchers have come up with wide-ranging estimates for how many species there are. As May points out, this ranges anywhere from 3 to well over 100 million — many orders of magnitude of difference.
Aug 15, 2023 · Around 236,000 species are known to be swimming around the seas and oceans, making up the biggest proportion of vertebrates. How many other creatures could be out there? With so much water undiscovered, it’s entirely possible that there could be hundreds of thousands more marine creatures out there.
The oceans are thought to hold about 2 million species – so far we know less than 250,000 of them (Credit: Emmanuel Lafont) Expeditions to the depths of the oceans have revealed strange...
Aug 23, 2011 · Assessment of this pattern for all kingdoms of life on Earth predicts ∼8.7 million (±1.3 million SE) species globally, of which ∼2.2 million (±0.18 million SE) are marine. Our results suggest that some 86% of the species on Earth, and 91% in the ocean, still await description.
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Based on the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), there are currently (2022 census) about 242,000 known and described marine species living in the world's oceans. Marine biota continue to be discovered and named at a current average of 2,332 new species per year.
Jun 25, 2008 · How many species are there in the sea? Some 230,000 recorded so far, all of which will soon be available to anyone at the click of a mouse. The World Register of Marine Species is launched...
