The Queensland Museum expert discovered the carnivorous critters while controlling a deep-sea vehicle from his desk.

Biodiversity metrics (the number or abundance of species) are dominated by invertebrates such as sponges, bivalves and crustaceans. These are usually small, which makes them adaptable and versatile.

It will discuss their structure and how this is related to function and way of life. The major invertebrate groups will be considered including the sponges, cnidarians, worms, molluscs, arthropods, ...

4,347 specimens of marine invertebrates were collected including 120 sponge samples and 160 seaweed samples. They gathered quantitative photos for species and habitat diversity analyses ...