Wakanda Forever! Scientific divers describe new purple species of “twilight zone” fish from Africa

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Tagged biodiversity, Black panther, California Academy of Sciences, coral reefs, Fairy Wrasse, fish, fish diversity, fishes, Hope for Reefs, ichthyology, Marine biology, marine fauna, marine species, new species, new to science, Tanzania, twilight zone, University of Sydney, Vibranium, Vibranium Fairy Wrasse, Wakanda, wrasse, Zanzibar, zoologyLeave a comment

July 11, 2019

Named for Black Panther’s mythical nation of Wakanda, a dazzling new “Vibranium” Fairy Wrasse enchants with purple scales and a preference for deep, little-known mesophotic reefs up to 260 feet below the surface Africa has new purple-clad warriors more than 200 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. Deep-diving scientists from the California Academy of Sciences’ Hope […]

Three new species of zoantharians described from coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific

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Tagged Anthozoa, biodiversity, coral reefs, corals, ecosystem, Hexacorillia, Indo-Pacific, marine diversity, marine science, nature conservation, Pacific Ocean, Palau, taxonomy, Tommy Remengesau, zoanthariansLeave a comment

January 5, 2018

One of them was named after the president of Palau, Tommy Remengesau, in honour of his and the nation’s support to the authors and marine conservation Three new species of zoantharians were discovered by researchers from the University of the Ryukyus and Kagoshima University, Japan, and the Palau International Coral Reef Center. Despite not being previously known, all three […]