10 species of new discoveries are most prominent

The International Species Discovery Institute has just published a list of the 10 most prominent newly discovered species in the world. Among them are the names you must have known as ghost slugs or dwarf seahorses .

Tahina palm: Suicide tree

When the new giant tree was discovered on Madagascar, it blooms, its flowers and fruit form a bouquet of flowers for funerals. It bet on the survival of the species on a flowering season. Tahina palm tree spectabilis only blooms once in a lifetime, then it will die.

'Suicide' palm trees are one of 15,000 to 20,000 newly discovered species every year. Among these, scientists around the world - in collaboration with the International Institute for Species Discovery at the University of Arizona, use secret criteria - to produce ten new species at the top of each year.

Quentin Wheeler Research Institute director said: 'We only know very little about the species on Earth. Life is the biggest and most complex scientific story we will have to explore. '

(Photo: National Geographic)

The longest insect: the megastick

At the Museum of Natural History in London, 28 million specimens are filled with showcases and cabinets. Discovered last year, 2-foot insects (about 60 cm) occupy the entire insect compartment, and must be cross-placed to fit.

On May 22, 2009, the International Species Discovery Institute put this super bug in the group of ten most unique new animal species in the world.

Quentin Wheeler said: 'All rodents are very impressive. Its size alone is very respectable. This finding is like finding a giant red tree or a blue whale '.

(Photo: Museum of Natural History, AP)

Satomi dwarf seahorses: the shortest among the dwarves

Discovered last year at a coral tooth in Indonesia, Satomi dwarf seahorses - named after the first specimen scuba diver - is a tiny creature living underneath the protruding coral reefs. . Dwarf seahorses are one of the smallest vertebrates in the world. Satomi dwarf seahorses are the smallest seahorses in the world. This unique feature has led the International Species Discovery Institute to include it in the list of new seahorses and it also contributes among the 10 newly named species in 2008.

(Photos: Stephen Wong and Takako Uno)

Barbados snakes: The world's smallest snake

It is so small that it can fit on a coin, this small animal belonging to the snake family and also the smallest snake in the world discovered in Barbados. It is among the 10 new species discovered in 2009 by the International Species Exploration Institute.

This serpent is probably only equal to or close to the smallest size of a common snake, it is an evolutionary exchange between size and reproduction strategy, according to the snake-biologist. Blair Hedges of the University of Pennsylvania.

(Photo: S. Blair Hedges)

Ghost slugs eat meat

Taxonomists discovered it when a group of Wales natural experts found a new species of slug in a garden in the Welsh capital of Wales.

Quentin Wheeler - directed by the International Institute for Species Discovery on May 22, has released a list of 10 new species of 2009 - said: British Island 'is a famous place. Finding an impressive creature is something that doesn't happen every day. '

Ghost slugs have a distinct characteristic: it has knife-like teeth that help it eat worms like eating spaghetti noodles.

(Photo: Ben Rowson)

Opisthostoma Vermiculum: The shell has a twisted shell

Looks like the work of an oversized toothpaste tube, the shell of the newly discovered Opisthostoma vermiculum twisted in a shape unlike any other pelvic shell.

Its intricate spiral shell raises tricky biological questions. How could this twisted spiral shape - just less than a fraction of an inch long - give the snail an evolutionary advantage in its habitat?

To answer the above questions, the small slug with a worm-like shell has found its way to the list of the top 10 new species in 2009.

(Photo: Reuben Clements)

Dark green Chromis fish: one of millions?

Biologists all over the planet discover up to 20,000 new species every year. It is 'a nightmare to search and record every new species every year'. But last year a data software used in biological classification was introduced as Zoobank - it is considered the Encyclopedia of Life - has greatly supported them.

Green Chromis fish is the first new species in ZooBank's portfolio. Thanks to the distinctive color of the coral reef fish deep in the sea, it has found its place in the list of 10 new species in 2009.

(Photo: Richard Pyle)

The first mother is pregnant?

'The oldest pregnant mother' - according to the article in Nature, describes the mother fish Materpiscis attenboroughi discovered in the 380-million-year-old fossil sample with the fetus in the abdomen becoming the oldest organism to reproduce. sexuality and childbirth.

Although extinct long ago, Materpiscis attenboroughi still surpasses more than 15,000 other living species discovered in 2008 to be included in the list of 10 new species in 2009.

(Photo: National Geographic)

Coffee Charrier: natural coffee without caffeine

This newly discovered coffee tree in Cameroon gives coffee berries that do not contain caffeine.

Coffee Charrier could one day produce completely caffeine-free coffee plants. However, taxonomist Quentin Wheeler - directed by the institute said: 'I'm not sure if you want to drink this coffee'.

(Photo: Francois Anthony)

Microbacterium Hatanonis: bacteria in aerosol

Until last year, no one could suspect that bacteria also existed in artificial chemicals or other man-made products. The discovery of a new bacterial species in 2008 in hair spray is a step forward to the biosphere of the post-industrial future.

Perhaps Microbacterium Hatanonis only exists in some natural environments before appearing in beauty additives. Although it is not known in nature, the virus "exists in hair spray as a pollutant," according to Quentin Wheeler - directing the institute to put the name Microbacterium Hatanonis into list 10. new species in 2009.

(Photo: Biwa Biwa / Photo Library)