SHARED POST: Semporna area on island of Borneo, Malaysia, may have richest marine biodiversity in the world

 

Delighted to read the following news from sciencedaily.Proper conservation effort is needed.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110223092400.htm#

Summary:ScienceDaily (2011-02-23) -- Semporna may have the world's highest marine biodiversity. A recent expedition yielded a record number of 43 species of mushroom corals. Furthermore, some new species were discovered, among which at least two shrimps and possibly a number of gall crabs. The health of the reefs was judged to be relatively poor: 36 percent of transects had fair, another 36 percent had poor live coral cover.