The world's largest campodeid dipluran named after the mythological giant Daidarabotchi
Thursday, October 25, 2018 - 08:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Amongst the fauna thriving in the subterranean spaces below the surface of the earth's crust, the insect-like diplurans and, precisely, those in the campodeid family are one of the best-known groups, currently comprising almost 150 species. However, not a single subterranean member of the family had been known from Japan until very recently.