Scientists Discover a NEW Spider and Name It After Nemo!
We love that scientists are still discovering new animals and insects and this one we thought you’d be particularly interest in! the colorful teeny tiny spider friend has just been discovered and takes its name from one of our favorite Pixar pals!
I give you the NEW colorful peacock spider known as – Maratus nemo!
That’s right! The hard to miss the white and orange stripes on this little guy are reminiscent of the clownfish Nemo from the Pixar film Finding Nemo. That’s why scientists gave him the name! This fella was found in Australia.
According to a recent piece in the The Science Times, Maratus nemo was discovered in Mount McIntyre and Nangwarry, South Australia. His is a brand new species of peacock spider. Their primary habitats are the marshy vegetation in wetland areas.
The spider was officially named by Arachnologist Joseph Schubert of Museums Victoria who described him as follows, “Maratus nemo: A new wetland species of peacock spider from South Australia (Araneae, Salticidae, Euophryini).” His findings were published recently in the journal of Evolutionary Systematics.
Maratus nemo is actually super tiny, about the size of a grain of rice and like other peacock spiders, the males perform a little dance when they are trying to impress the opposite sex.
The new species was spotted by Sheryl Holliday in Mount Gambler who posted pictures to Facebook which were seen by Schubert. “He had a plain back but his orangey-red face is what stood out and I hadn’t seen anything like it before, so I knew it had to be a new one,” Holliday said. “The fact that I was doing some fish sampling out at Mount Burr Swamp where I found them, it just fits.”
Holiday said she sent a specimen on to Schubert for further study and said that the species actually appears to be quite widespread in her area saying that she had seen around 40 of them in three different locations.
You can see the spiders in action below:
We think this little critter is simply adorable don’t you!?
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