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Neoglyphea inopinata (Crustacea: Decapoda: Glypheidae)
... that until the discovery in 1975 of the "
living fossil
"
Neoglyphea inopinata
(pictured)
,
glypheoid
crustaceans
were thought to have been extinct since the
Eocene
?
... that the shrimp-like 510-million-year-old
arthropod
Waptia fieldensis
was named after two mountains?
... that the horse fly
Scaptia beyonceae
was named after singer and actress
Beyoncé Knowles
because of its striking golden behind?
... that the female
sand wasp
Ammophila sabulosa
digs burrows in sandy ground, provisioning each burrow with a food supply of paralysed caterpillars, always laying one egg on the first caterpillar?
... that several
pelagic gooseneck barnacles
were once found
attached
to an
American crocodile
?
... that the
Cape Verdean
spiny lobster
Palinurus charlestoni
is named after a French fishing boat?