Yu Qing believes her cousin was among the Morecambe dead

The discovery came after members of the Chinese community claimed 24 people had died in the tragedy, although only 19 bodies had been found.

Morecambe MP Geraldine Smith has urged police to continue their search for bodies.

Meanwhile memorial services have been held in Morecambe and London.

Friends and family have been mourning the victims at a service held by the Chinese rights group Min Quan at St Ann's church in central London.

If there is the chance of more bodies being found, then I think the police should be looking for them for the sake of their relatives and family Geraldine Smith

One, asylum seeker Yu Qing, 29, feared her cousin might be among the dead.

Interpreter immigration caseworker Bobby Chang said: "Since that night they have lost contact with him. He has not called home or any of the family to say that he is safe so she (Miss Yu) believes that he is very likely to be one of the victims."

Jabez Lam, from Min Quan, said the Morecambe Bay tragedy was an "accident waiting to happen".

He said the government should have responded to calls to give all workers the right to work in the wake of the deaths of 58 Chinese people in the back of a lorry in Dover in 2000.

"These workers are being pushed by government policies to despair, taking any casual work offered to them, with the inevitable result that they are driven into the hands of unscrupulous employers, gangmasters and organised criminals," he said.

'Uncovered subculture'

Speaking at the London service Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour MP for Islington North, said the tragedy at Morecambe Bay had uncovered a subculture of exploitation "which besmirches the character of this country".

The body of the latest victim was spotted by a birdwatcher on Sunday.

A Lancashire police spokesman said a post mortem examination on the body would be held on Monday.

The Morecambe MP praised the police operation but said she believed they should resume the search.

Ms Smith said: "If there is the chance of more bodies being found, then I think the police should be looking for them for the sake of their relatives and family. "

Sixteen people survived when the cocklers got trapped by rising tides last Thursday night.

'More dead'

The latest victim was found on a sand bank opposite the Headway Hotel on Marina Road East in Morecambe.

A Lancashire police spokesman said: "The body was of a person of Oriental appearance.

"Police investigating the tragedy of the Chinese cocklers will now attempt to identify what they are considering is the latest victim."

At a memorial service at the town's Central Methodist Church on Saturday, a leading member of the Chinese community, Gina Tan, insisted more bodies would be discovered.

She said that survivors had told her 24 cocklers were missing, even though only 19 bodies were found.

Arrests

Seven people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and have been released on police bail.

Two survivors and a fishing boss, among those arrested, released statements on Friday denying responsibility for the deaths.

Survivors Gua Lin, 30, and Lin Mu Lung, 29, said they were being paid "a pittance" for picking cockles in the Lancashire bay.

Reading the statement, the men's solicitor Trevor Colebourne said they were "untrained and blatantly unaware of the risks involved."

Mr Colebourne added: "They were required to work regardless of weather conditions and frequently after nightfall."

The pair are asylum seekers, who are now in the custody of the Immigration Service.

Fishing boss David Eden has also denied any blame, claiming he was being made a scapegoat.