Lobster is named after Nelson Mandela

A newly discovered crustacean named Munidopsis mandelai to honor South African leader Nelson Mandela.

Lobster is named after Nelson Mandela

This species of lobster with a relative of "hermit" is found in many undiscovered sea areas in the southwestern Indian Ocean, off the coast of South Africa in 2011.

According to the Daily Mail, the habitat of this relatively small shrimp is 750m below the ocean surface, the discoverer is Diva Amon - a research student at London's Natural History Museum.

The collected samples were sent to Dr. Paul Clark, marine invertebrate specialist. Paul Clark collaborated with Spanish Dr. Enrique Macpherson for a thorough analysis and has now identified it as a new species of lobster.