Nearly 100 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 18:21
in Biology & Nature
In 2009, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 94 new relatives to our family tree. The new species include 65 arthropods, 14 plants, eight fishes, five sea slugs, one coral, and one fossil mammal. They were described by two dozen Academy scientists along with several dozen international collaborators.