Pearl and Hermes sponge never before seen by human eyes For many scientists, finding a new species unknown to science before is the ultimate achievement when out in the field. For DeFelice, the ten new species of sponges he found means months and months of detailed work ahead. Added to the dozens of other species DeFelice believes may have recorded for the first time in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands during this expedition, these new finds have made his post-expedition laboratory work very time intensive. De Felice and his fellow invertebrate scientists on the expedition will spend up to one year or more studying, identifying, describing and naming the species they collected on this trip. All rights reserved.
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