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therewith. SOURCE Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic
Center Nova Southeastern University Professor Jim Thomas leads
international expedition in Papua New Guinea that finds new
species of sea slugs, feather stars and amphipods, a shrimp-like
animal HOLLYWOOD Fla., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- When Jim
Thomas and his global team of researchers returned to the Madang
Lagoon in Papua New Guinea, they discovered a treasure trove of
new species unknown to science. This is especially relevant as
the research team consisted of scientists who had conducted a
previous survey in the 1990s. "In the Madang Lagoon, we went a
half mile out off the leading edge of the active Australian
Plate and were in 6,000 meters of water," said Thomas, Ph.D., a
researcher at Nova Sout