article_snippet: But in the last year alone, scientists have discovered 1,451 new species in our oceans, according to an international audit of the seas published today.
article_snippet: Scientists have discovered 1,451 new species in our oceans in the past year alone, according to an international audit of the seas, including the frilled shark (pictured) which was found off the coast of Namibia .
article_snippet: The World Register of Marine Species – which aims to become an inventory of all known ocean life – numbers 228,000 species, with new names being added every day.
article_snippet: But scientists estimate there could eventually be two million on the list as our knowledge of the oceans grows.
article_snippet: The acceleration in research means four species are being added to the record a day.
article_snippet: The World Register of Marine Species - which aims to become an inventory of all known ocean life - numbers 228,000 species, with new names being added daily.
article_snippet: Over the last eight years 122 sharks and rays have been added to The World Register of Marine Species - which aims to become an inventory of all known ocean life - numbers 228,000 species, along with 131 members of the goby fish family and hundreds of different sponges.
article_snippet: At the current rate, it would take 360 more years to identify every creature thought to exist in the oceans, the researchers say.
highlights_snippet: Scientists have discovered 1,451 new species in our oceans in past year .
  