New tiny octopus-like microorganisms named after science fiction monsters

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 09:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

University of British Columbia researchers have discovered two new symbionts living in the gut of termites, and taken the unusual step of naming them after fictional monsters created by American horror author HP Lovecraft.

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