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New species discovery rate, according to data available in the World Register of Marine Species. Orange and right Y-axis, number of discovered species; blue dots and left Y-axis, cumulative number of discovered species; X-axis, years. Data extracted from http://www.marinespecies.org, accessed in June 2020.
