Palaeontologists dig up a 20-million-year-old fossil leaf in Himachal, pointing to a new species | Research Matters Scientists have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved 20-million-year-old fossil leaf in the foothills of the Himalayas, revealing a new, now extinct plant species. The fossil belongs to Syzygium, a genus of flowering trees and plants with over 1,200 species today, including the modern clove plant.

Eocene to Solan Valley - the newly discovered fossil leaf

For a deep dive, check out:
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#newspecies #biodiversity #wayanad #westernghats #scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #IndianScience #ScienceinIndia

Closeup of the OceanXplorer submersible pilot breaking the surface. Credit: Sara Hussein

OceanXplorer submersible equipment, lighting, and documenting the deep-sea coral fan. Credit: Sara Hussein

Robotic arms of a submersible are collecting research samples.

24 new species have been discovered in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). This underscores how little is still known about areas targeted for destructive resource extraction. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #FridayFieldUpdate #NewSpecies #DeepSeaMining

Stegotettix cristata, living adult female [left], adult male [right].

#NewSpecies!
New #grasshopper from #mexico just hopped in:

Stegotettix cristata

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/034287C1-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #StegotettixCristata

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #conservation #animals #insects #orthoptera

Habitus of Vermitigris tsangyanggyatso, male resting on a plant leaf.

#NewSpecies!
New wormlion fly from #china just landed:

Vermitigris tsangyanggyatso

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6F437EBF-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #VermitigrisTsangyanggyatso

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #fauna #entomology #insects #diptera #fly

Holotype of Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni in live, adult male.

#NewSpecies!
New #gecko from #china just climbed in:

Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/3921DF52-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZSEvolution #GoniurosaurusWuzhengjuni

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #fauna #herps #reptiles

Pericentrus cryptopetalus, female, living habitus.

#NewSpecies
New #stickinsect from #china just got stuck:

Pericentrus cryptopetalus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/0396879D-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #PericentrusCryptopetalus

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #fauna #insects #walkingsticks #sticks

Eucomis nubigena, habit in flower, showing appressed leaves.

#NewSpecies!
Eucomis nubigena
A newly discovered #hyacinthaceae from #southafrica!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03F78784-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/phy...
#Phytotaxa #EucomisNubigena

#FAIRdata
#OA #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flora #flowers #plants

Holotype of Jingophrys zhaoermii in life.

#NewSpecies!
New horned #toad from #china just jumped in:

Jingophrys zhaoermii

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/AB4787EE-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #JingophrysZhaoermii

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #animals #fauna #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs

Rhabdochaeta octomaculata, lateral habitus, female.

#NewSpecies!
New fruit fly from #india just landed:

Rhabdochaeta octomaculata

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/AA1987FE-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #RhabdochaetaOctomaculata

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #diptera #fly #fruitflies

Basidiomata of Leucoinocybe danxiashanensis, scale bar: 10 mm.

#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Leucoinocybe danxiashanensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/09428AF0-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/myco...
#Mycokeys #LeucoinocybeDanxiashanensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #fungi #mushrooms #mycology

Merapohra karsticola, holotype, male in life.

#NewSpecies!
New #freshwater #crab from #malaysia just pinched us:

Merapohra karsticola

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/7734DAEF-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #MerapohraKarsticola

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #animals #fauna #crustacea #caves

Holotype of Andrias yaoluopingensis, dorsalateral view in life.

#NewSpecies!
New giant #salamander from #china just snuck in:

Andrias yaoluopingensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/57D6BDAA-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #AndriasYaoluopingensis

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #fauna #giants

A living female of Meilichius speciosus.

#NewSpecies!
New #beetle from #china just came in:

Meilichius speciosus

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/A3928DD9-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#ZooKeys #MeilichiusSpeciosus

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #entomology #insects #coleoptera #bugs

Afzelia corallina, inflorescence.

#NewSpecies
Afzelia corallina
A newly discovered #fabaceae tree from #tanzania!

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/97E13C52-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
#PhytoKeys#AfzeliaCorallinaus

#FAIRdata
#OA #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #botany #flowers #plants #wildlife

Paratype of Scincella maerkangensis in life.

#NewSpecies!
New #skink from #china just snuck in:

Scincella maerkangensis

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/6497568B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ZoosystematicsAndEvolution #ScincellaMaerkangensis

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #fauna #herps #reptiles #squamata #lizards

Conus georgesrichardi, holotype under UV light.

#NewSpecies!
New #conesnail from the #frenchpolynesia just crawled in:

Conus georgesrichardi

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/CA729441-...
Publication: doi.org/10.5252/geod...
#Geodiversitas #ConusGeorgesrichardi

#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #ecology #nature #wildlife #fauna #malacology #snails

Odontoscion pepojuba adult in nature.

Odontoscion pepojuba from Brazil, Bahia, 1835, stuffed, 190 years old, previously attributed to genus Larimus. This is the oldest specimen of this species deposited in scientific collections.

#NewSpecies
New reef croaker from #brazil just swam in:

Odontoscion pepojuba

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03B76E55-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #OdontoscionPepojuba

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #nature #conservation #fish #fishfriday #ichthyology #croakers #reef

Ptilodontella alberti in nature.

#NewSpecies
New moth from #georgia just fluttered in:

Ptilodontella alberti

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/5C3E87B4-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #PtilodontellaAlberti

#FAIRdata
#taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #animals #fauna #insects #lepidoptera #butterfly #moths

Botanists discover a new grass-like sedge in Kerala's Wayanad | Research Matters Researchers have discovered a new plant species in the high mountains of the Western Ghats in India. Named Fimbristylis wayanadensis, this grass-like plant, known as a sedge, was identified during a recent expedition in the Wayanad district of Kerala. Fimbristylis wayanadensis, named to honour the place where it was first discovered, was found clinging to life in the transitional zones between rocky landscapes and high-altitude grasslands.

From the clouds of Wayanad: A new species - Fimbristylis wayanadensis identified

For a deep dive, check out:
researchmatters.in/news/botanis...

#newspecies #biodiversity #wayanad #westernghats #scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #IndianScience #ScienceinIndia

🐸Take a look at the two newly described slow #frogs of the genus Nanorana: 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘻𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 and 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴.

You can find their distinguishing characteristics here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#anurans #frog #newspecies

New deep-sea Amphipoda from Clarion-Clipperton Zone In recent decades the World has been faced with the Anthropocene extinction. Discovery of species new to science is increasing in pace, but their formal description is a time consuming process. As a r...

Want to learn more about the discoveries made within the International Seabed Authority “One thousand reasons” project? Then check out the latest special issue: New deep-sea #Amphipoda from Clarion-Clipperton Zone: zookeys.pensoft.net/issue/4856/

#deepsea #research #newspecies

The genus Eperopeus is no longer monophytic (i.e., with only one distinct species)! Meet 𝘌𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴, the new addition to the genus discovered in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

@noc.ac.uk @unisouthampton.bsky.social

#deepsea #research #newspecies

Two new creepy-crawlies, uuh, we mean #centipede species, 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘴 and 𝘎. 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘴, have been described from Romania using morphological and molecular data.

Read more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....

#entomology #newspecies

New deep-sea Amphipoda from Clarion-Clipperton Zone In recent decades the World has been faced with the Anthropocene extinction. Discovery of species new to science is increasing in pace, but their formal description is a time consuming process. As a r...

Curious to know more about the #amphipod discoveries from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone? Then access the New deep-sea Amphipoda from Clarion-Clipperton Zone special issue here: zookeys.pensoft.net/issue/4856/

#newspecies #biodiversity

The deep-sea #genus Byblis just welcomed two new members - 𝘉𝘺𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘦 & 𝘉𝘺𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘻𝘥𝘻𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘬𝘢𝘦. Learn more about their distinctive characteristics here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#deepsea #newspecies #biodiversity

🔬🪱 Check out the two new #marine #nematode #species from the Rizhao coast, China: 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘢 and 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#newspecies #biodiversity

A new species of #skink, 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪, has been discovered in Dak Lak Province, Vietnam.

Check out the official description here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

@unicologne.bsky.social

#herpetology #biodiversity #newspecies

Two new #skink species - 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘫𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 and 𝘚. 𝘮𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 - have been described from southwestern Sichuan, China, bringing the country's Scincella count to 19.

Both were identified using #morphological and #genetic #data: doi.org/10.3897/zse....

#herpetology #newspecies

Collected 26 years ago during a joint expedition between @thebotanics.bsky.social & Bogor Botanical Gardens from Mt. Sojol, Sulawesi, and cultivated at the RBGE, this striking #jade #ginger has finally been described as a #newspecies: Hellwigia opalina.

👉 doi.org/10.3897/phyt...

#plant

Two new #fungal species - 𝘋𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴 and 𝘋. 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘦 - have been identified in Yunnan, China, expanding our understanding of Botryosphaeriaceae diversity and their #ecological roles in plant-associated #environments: doi.org/10.3897/myco...

#newspecies #fungi #morphology #taxonomy