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After a few days come on findings carried out in Chile, a new breath of fresh air for biodiversity has arrived from New Zealand:a three-week expedition of 21 scientists led to the discovery of hundreds of potential new marine species in the waters of Bounty trough, a vast, little-explored underwater bathymetric depression located off the east coast of the South Island.There are at least dozens of molluscs, three fish, a shrimp and a cephalopod never seen before and according to Alex Rogers, the marine biologist leading the expedition, the number of new species could exceed the hundreds when the results - almost 1,800 samples – will be confirmed.The mission was led by Ocean Census, a non-profit organization dedicated to the global discovery of ocean life, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.The Dr.Rogers explained that expeditions like the one just concluded are fundamental because allow us to obtain more...