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Race To Name Creatures Of The Deep As Mining Interest Grows

A carnivorous sponge near the nodule-strewn seabed of the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (Credit: AFP)

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.

Researchers are scrambling to name thousands of these newly discovered species.

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