Scientists are delighted with the diversity of species observed in deep in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia.
A paper from the Minderoo-University of WA Deep-Sea Research Centre reveals what was found during a survey of the Wallaby-Cuvier Escarpment in 2021.
Researchers used a small submarine to explore the escarpment, a 700-kilometre-long rise connecting the Perth Abyssal Plain – an area 5,500-metres deep – to the 3,000m-deep Cuvier Plateau.
