FYI http://australianmuseum.net.au/blogpost/amri-news/amri-marine-taxonomists-are-becoming-endangered http://issuu.com/amsabulletin/docs/bulletin_dec_2014_forweb/16?e=6492809/11042994 Just a comment on a related matter, not I think mentioned by Pat. I noticed Australia have a new deep water research vessel, RV Investigator ( http://csirofrvblog.com/ ), which presumably will do some benthos work. How would any taxonomic work on the material collected be resourced? Does anyone know? In New Zealand in the same situation it is usual that 'identification' of sorts to enable ecological analyses is expected and will be funded by a government agency, but this is only enough for a quick look see. Mostly the taxonomy funding necessary before precise identification or new species description is possible is not included in project budgets. Geoff