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August 9, 2022 04:10 pm GMT
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New groups of Spiders from Earth named after David Bowie
From the Natural History Museum:
— Read the restRising from the ashes of the wastebasket taxon, 49 Bowie spiders have been reclassified from Ctenus. Other species, meanwhile, have had previously unknown sex morphs described for the first time.
In addition, Peter has described 55 entirely new species, whose names draw on David Bowie's musical catalogue.
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/08/09/new-groups-of-spiders-from-earth-named-after-david-bowie.html
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