New Species Discovered In 2019 (14 Species Out Of 71)

There have been 71 new (animal and plant) species discovered in 2019 alone! This list includes flowers, coral, ants, lizards, spiders, sea slugs and fish.

Found across 5 continents from within the depths of caves, forests, and the ocean.

We have selected 14 insects and sea life creatures.

Story via California Academy of Sciences

Posted by AmyBrown

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Siphamia Arnazae - The newly described cat-eyed cardinalfish from Papua New Guinea.

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2
Cirrhilabrus Wakanda, new purple fish honors 'Black Panther'. A species of fairy wrasse from the Western Indian Ocean

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3
Cordylus Phonolithos, this girdled lizard is found on the second highest mountain peak in Angola

Via California Academy of Sciences / © 2019 Ishan Agarwal
4
Tomiyamichthys Emilyae, a new species of shrimpgoby (Gobiidae) from North Sulawesi, Indonesia

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5
Nucras Aurantiaca, a wall lizard found in South Africa

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6
Janolus Tricellarioides, a sea slug found in the Philippines

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7
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8
Ecsenius Springeri, a new species of blenny

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9
Dipturus Lamillai, a long-snout skate from the Falkland Islands

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10
Cinetomorpha Sur, a species of spiders araneomorph the family of oonopidae. This species is found in Mexico, Baja California Sur and Baja California on Ángel de la Guarda

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11
Vanderhorstia Dawnarnallae, a new species of shrimp goby recently discovered in the far eastern reaches of Indonesia also known as West Papua

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12
Myrmecicultor Chihuahuensis, an ant-loving spider family from the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico

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Janolus Tricellarioides (sea slug found in the Philippines)

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14
Madrella Amphora, a sea slug that mimics snail eggs as a way to hide from would-be predators

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15
Lola Konavoka, a new species of cave-obligate harvestman

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