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I've always been fascinated by pill bugs, also known as "Armadillidiidae" [1] they are such cool creatures. I don't know why, but the fact that they are land-d
by sixdimensional 6y ago
I've always been fascinated by pill bugs, also known as "Armadillidiidae" [1] they are such cool creatures. I don't know why, but the fact that they are land-dwelling crustaceans was just interesting to me.
I had no idea something like this size and related existed in the sea! Incredible! I wonder now what the evolutionary tree looks like.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillidiidae
- sixdimensional 6y agoOrder Isopoda [1] on Wikipedia if anyone else is interested. Edit: Corrected Family -> Order - oops! Thank you pvaldes. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopoda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopoda
- pvaldes 6y agoIsopoda is an Order. This is in family Cirolanidae, so it has much smaller cousins in each beach. It seems there is an opportunity here, crouching like a cat, to dedicate one of this new species to Hayao Miyazaki. Bathynomus ohmu seems an pretty convenient name also. Maybe the next.