Manta alfredi

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Manta alfredi: Current name of the new giant manta ray species, appears to be located mainly in the Pacific. Not yet listed in FishBase. Did the species split in two?


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FOM: Manta ray's secret life revealed, Manta birostris, Manta alfredi , Elasmobranchii and Caught In The Act: Butterfly Mate Preference Shows How One Species Can Become Two.









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Bagheera kiplingi

Bagheera kiplingi: Not of our naming. The spider specie that is mainly vegan. (Did they really name it after Kipling's [borrowed] 'character' from "The Jungle Book"?).

FOM: 'Veggie' spider shuns meat diet and Bagheera kiplingi.





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Anchiornis huxleyi

Anchiornis huxleyi: A new dinosaur species - not our naming. A newly discovered, small, four-winged feathered dinosaur resembling a bird.

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FOM: China finds bird-like dinosaur with four wings and Anchiornis huxleyi.





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