Thursday, May 26, 2011

New Top Ten New Species Discovered in 2010

The International Institute for Species Exploration unveiled its top ten new species discovered in 2010 list.

The species on this list include the following:

Darwin's Bark Spider -Caerostris darwini -

Bioluminescent Mushroom -Mycena luxaeterna - Eternal Light Mushroom

Bacterium - Halomonas titanicae

Monitor Lizard -Varanus bitatawa -Sierra Madre Forest Monitor or Golden Spotted Monitor

Pollinating Cricket -Glomeremus orchidophilus

Duiker -Philantomba walteri - Walter's Duiker


Leech - Tyrannobdella rex

Underwater Mushroom -Psathyrella aquatica - Rogue Mushroom

Jumping Cockroach - Saltoblattella montistabularis - leaproach

Pancake Batfish - Halieutichthys intermedius - the Louisania Pancake Batfish

The full report with photographs and descriptions can be found at IISE's website.



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