ScienceDesk, 8 days ago to ocean

In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean between Mexico and Hawaii, marine scientists have discovered animals humanity has never seen before: creatures who live very different lives, in the permanent darkness of the abyssopelagic.
https://www.sciencealert.com/alien-looking-species-seen-for-first-time-ever-in-oceans-darkest-depths, Science Alert reports:

#Ocean #Newspecies #Sealife #Biology

plazi_species, 9 days ago to science

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #ecuador climbed in on #FrogFriday:

Pristimantis normaewingae

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D35634D7-9179-53E2-9BC4-0083BB156CA4
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.8.118855
#EvolSystematics #PristimantisNormaewingae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogs

plazi_species, 9 days ago to China

#NewSpecies
New terrestrial isopod from #china just snuck in:

Mongoloniscus polyacanthum

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/40D39285-4EF1-4344-B62B-FE91BC37D75E
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1202.113560
#ZooKeys_Journal #MongoloniscusPolyacanthum

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #isopods

plazi_species, 9 days ago to science

#NewSpecies!
New flagfin from #peru just swam by:

Aulopus chirichignoae

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E4587C5-FF97-544F-FF00-798CFF38FE4C
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.6
#Zootaxa #AulopusChirichignoae

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishofmastodon #fishfriday #ichthyology #flagfish

plazi_species, 9 days ago to China

#NewSpecies!
New longhorn beetle from #china just showed up:

Eustrangalis fuscisuturalis

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B75553-E358-DA5B-FF2D-CE9543D2FE2F
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.4.6
#Zootaxa #EustrangalisFuscisuturalis

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #bugs #beetles #longhornbeetle

plazi_species, 9 days ago to China

#NewSpecies!
New jumping spider from #china just jumped in:

Icius kui

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D55287B7-E473-D872-FF7F-F999FDD1FDCB
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5447.2.1
#Zootaxa #IciusKui

#FAIRdata
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plazi_species, 9 days ago to China

#NewSpecies!
New mountain pitviper from #china just sidled in:

Ovophis jenkinsi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/8BF67904-A757-4AC7-BF2D-C3A0C6F40A69
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1203.119218
#ZooKeys_Journal #OvophisJenkinsi

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptilia #snake #viper #pitviper

plazi_species, 9 days ago to science

#NewSpecies
New rove beetle from #oman just roved by:

Corynotopsis omanicus

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/661F1795-811C-4B6B-8535-1E33032B6D12
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.119152
#ZooKeys_Journal #CorynotopsisOmanicus

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #bugs #beetles #rovebeetle

plazi_species, 15 days ago to brazil

#NewSpecies!
New knifefish from #brazil just swam by:

Microsternarchus longicaudatus

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/9827878A-AC33-FFB8-FF1A-FA3DFB6BF943
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.4
#Zootaxa #MicrosternarchusLongicaudatus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishofmastodon #fishfriday #ichthyology #knifefish

plazi_species, 16 days ago to science

#NewSpecies!
New butterfly from #ecuador just landed:

Corades yanacocha

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/033A295A-B327-498B-AC05-0519F1560FE7
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.6
#Zootaxa #CoradesYanacocha

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #lepidoptera #butterflies #savebutterflies

plazi_species, 16 days ago to science

#NewSpecies!
New lizard from #ecuador just snuck in:

Iphisa brunopereira

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/AB25878A-5868-7527-06A3-14157E89514F
Publication: http://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad073
#ZoolJLinnSoc #IphisaBrunopereira

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptiles #lizard

plazi_species, 16 days ago to chile

#NewSpecies!
Orthotrichum camanchacanum
A newly discovered moss from #chile!

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/2E6E3165-D7E8-5322-8988-A04F04ED3CEC
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.242.120717
#PhytoKeys #OrthotrichumCamanchacanum

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #wildplants #plants #wildlife #orthotrichaceae

plazi_species, 16 days ago to Japan

#NewSpecies!
New palaemonid shrimp from #japan just swam in:

Palaemon parvibrachium

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF59DE4D-FFD2-F145-FF30-314F2322FEDD
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.3.6
#Zootaxa #PalaemonParvibrachium

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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #shrimps

plazi_species, 16 days ago to science

#NewSpecies!
New sea slug from the #caribbean just looked in:

Cyerce browneveorum

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287FB-FFA4-FFFE-FD4F-475BFAE82642
Publication: http://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad111
#ZoolJLinnSoc #CyerceBrowneveorum

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #slugs #seaslugs

plazi_species, 16 days ago to science

#NewSpecies
New beetle from #zambia just came in:

Adoretus kennedyi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F7D6888B-7B24-4261-8BB1-E832CBFC0D19
Publication: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10982041
#BelgianJournalOfEntomology #AdoretusKennedyi

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #bugs #beetles