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Members of the international committee who made their selectionfrom more than 200 nominations look for species that capture ourattention because they are unusual or because they have traits thatare bizarre, said Mary Liz Jameson, an associate professor atWichita State University who chaired the international selectioncommittee. Some of the new species have interesting names; somehighlight what little we really know about our planet, she said. Images and other information about the top 10 new species,including the explorers who made the discoveries and recorded themin calendar year 2011, are online at species.asu.edu . Also at the site is a Google world map that pinpoints thelocation for each of the top 10 new species. This year s top 10come from Brazil, Myanmar, the Dutch Caribbean, South Africa, PapuaNew Guinea, Spain, Borneo, Nepal, China and Tanzania. Describing the discoveries Sneezing monkey: Since 2000, the number of mammals discovered eachyear averages about 36. So it was nothing to sneeze at when a newprimate came to the attention of scientists conducting a gibbonsurvey in the high mountains of Myanmar (formerly Burma).Rhinopithecus strykeri, named in honor of Jon Stryker, presidentand founder of the Arcus Foundation, is the first snub-nosed monkeyto be reported from Myanmar and is believed to be criticallyendangered. It is distinctive for its mostly black fur and whitebeard and for sneezing when it rains. A video of this species in onYouTube at watch?v=d1VuRvRv_UU . Bonaire banded box jelly: This strikingly beautiful yet venomousjellyfish looks like a box kite with colorful, long tails. Thespecies name, Tamoya ohboya, was selected by a teacher as part of acitizen science project, assuming that people who are stung exclaim Oh boy! A video of the species, which has been spotted near theDutch Caribbean island of Bonaire, is on YouTube at watch?v=PcraphPLAxY . Devil s worm: Measuring about 0.5 millimeters (1/50 or 0.02inches) these tiny nematodes are the deepest-living terrestrialmulticellular organisms on the planet. They were discovered at adepth of 1.3 kilometers (8/10 mile) in a South African gold mineand given the name Halicephalobus mephisto in reference to theFaust legend of the devil because the new species is found at sucha depth in the Earth s crust and has survived immense undergroundpressure as well as high temperatures (37 degrees Celsius or 98.6degrees Fahrenheit). According to its discoverers, carbon datingindicated that the borehole water where this species lives had notbeen in contact with Earth s atmosphere for the last 4,000 to6,000 years. Night-blooming orchid: A slender night stalker is one way todescribe this rare orchid from Papua New Guinea whose flowers openaround 10 at night and close early the next morning. It wasdescribed by scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew andLeiden University, who named it Bulbophyllum nocturnum from theLatin word meaning at night. It is believed to be the firstnight-blooming orchid recorded among the more than 25,000 knownspecies of orchids. Parasitic wasp: Ants beware! This new species of parasitic waspcruises at just one centimeter (less than half an inch) above theground in Madrid, Spain, in search of its target: ants. With atarget in sight, the teensy wasp attacks from the air like a tinydive bomber, depositing an egg in less than 1/20 of a second. Avideo of the wasp, named Kollasmosoma sentum, dropping an egg onits target is on YouTube at watch?v=bpMGhGMWaTA . We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Lcd Wrist Watch Manufacturer , China Silicone Geneva Watch for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Silicone Ice Watch.
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