Clean Ocean Advocate, December 2004
New Species of Sea Squirts?
Three new species of bottom-dwelling critters known as sea squirts may have been discovered of the coast of Georgia. The sea squirts, also know a tunicates, were found at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary, a reef 17.5 miles east of Sapelo Island. Two of the creatures are about four inches and the third is the size of a grape. The sea squirts were discovered by a university researcher and his students. A research project has now turned into an experiment to see whether the animals are truly new to science. The ocean is filled with surprises!
(Adapted from the Associated Press)