Researchers register new species using DNA-based description

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 - 10:30 in Biology & Nature

The previously unknown species of ribbon worm discovered in Kosterhavet National Park in 2007 has now been scientifically named using a new method. Pseudomicrura afzelii, a form of nemertean or ribbon worm, has been described and registered by researchers using DNA technology.

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