Researchers from Baptist University have discovered two new coral species in Hong Kong’s southeastern waters, underscoring the area’s biodiversity despite being close to urban territory.
The university announced on Monday that a team of its marine scientists had identified two new soft coral species – previously unknown worldwide – in rocky reefs off Sung Kong Island, located about five kilometres (three miles) southeast of Hong Kong Island’s Shek O Beach.
One of them, Paraminabea inflata, a…