5 Discoveries of New Animal Species in 2023, Where Have They Been All This Time?

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"5 Discoveries of New Animal Species in 2023, Where Have They Been All This Time?"

Some animals, such as squirrels and pigeons, have become familiar animals. However, there are also new animals that have evolved and reproduced, which are rarely seen by human eyes, such as in the depths of the sea or remote areas in the Amazon Rainforest. So, what are the characteristics of these newly discovered animal species?

1. Vampire Bee, Peru

The researchers from Finland and America created insect traps and discovered many new species, one of which is Capitojoppa amazonica from the Darwin wasp species that is distributed worldwide. When viewed from the front, the wasp looks like a combination of an old man with a scruffy beard and Predator.

The translation of the given text from Bahasa to English while preserving any HTML tags is: "The wasp family, which includes the habit of laying eggs in unsuspecting hosts such as spiders and caterpillars."

"As soon as the egg hatches, the wasp larva feeds on its host from the inside out."

Keluarga tawon yang termasuk ke dalamnya memiliki kebiasaan meletakkan telur di inang tanpa curiga seperti laba-laba dan ulat.

2. Abelisaur Kem Kem, Morocco

The research was led by British paleontologist Nick Longrich, who identified the bones as belonging to an abelisaurid, a family that includes T-rex in North America. Another abelisaurid, Chenanisaurus barbaricus, which was giant, lived in Morocco at that time, and researchers suspected that the bones belonged to a young member of this species due to their size. However, after further examination, they realized that the bone texture was characteristic of an adult individual.

In the end, the scientists concluded that the bones belonged not to one, but two new species of abelisaurid.

This species may have coexisted with Chenanisaurus barbaricus, a distant cousin of T. rex.

3. Sea Anemone Shaped Like a Lamp, United States of America

Diving enthusiasts and aquarium keepers have long been aware of the "ball-shaped sea anemone," but the description of this species was not found in academic literature until this year.

A group of scientists from Ohio and Florida have published an article describing the Bellactic lux and summarizing all the information gathered by ocean enthusiasts over the years. This transparent sea creature lives in the Gulf of Mexico, where it stings and traps its prey from the safety of rocky crevices. This species is quite small - sometimes only half an inch - and is distinguished by its swollen tentacles.

4. Nautilus in Oceania

Nautiloid is one of the oldest surviving creatures on this planet. Nautiloids are related to squids and octopuses. The difference is that they live inside a hard external shell. A team of marine biologists discovered three new species of Nautilus in Oceania, namely Vanuatu, American Samoa, and Viti Levu, Fiji. The new classification nearly doubles the number of Nautilus species from four to seven.

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Shell of the Nautilus is highly sought after for jewelry making, which has led to excessive capture of these animals.

5 Discoveries of New Animal Species in 2023, Where Have They Been All This Time?

5. Giant Crab Spider, Ecuador

"Insects that cross the forest floor in the Ecuadorian Amazon at night will never feel completely safe. Large creatures with eight eyes, eight legs, and hairy red bellies wait, perched on bushes or on the side of tree trunks. These giant crab spiders are ready to pounce on insects at any time."

Pedro Peñaherrera-R. and Diego Cisneros-Heredia discovered this creature, a giant crab spider from the Sadala genus, while walking at night near the Tiputini Biodiversity Station in Ecuador.

Although this spider is the first species in Ecuador, 9 other species live in neighboring countries. In fact, one species lives in the same area as the discovery of Capitojoppa amazonica.

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