A team of marine biologists has discovered a new species of deep water crustacean off the Bahamas.
The new species has been formally identified as belonging to the genus booralana. This is not the first new creature to be found in the waters of the Bahamas and is part of a long-term research project aimed at exploring the Bahamas’ Exuma Sound. The previous discovery dates back to 2016 with the identification of a new Isopod, Bathynomus maxeyorum.
The discovery includes the work of Oliver Shipley, a research assistant professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University, who stated:
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