The collection of Unique Species Found In 2010

Every year new animal species discovered. Many of them have a unique characteristic and not encountered before.

In 2010, some interesting species found by scientists. Anyone can glow like a lamp, there is a devouring iron, some are able to produce materials that are stronger than kevlar. Here are a unique species in 2010 which have been collected by the website LiveScience.

1. Fish Pancake Batfish

This is a species of fish affected by the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year. Bears the Latin name Halieutichthys intermedius, these fish live in deep water areas.

With a flat shape like a pancake, this fish has a peculiar motion. More like a jump with fins along the bottom of the sea, rather than swim.

2. Spiders Darwin's Bark Spider

These animals come from Madagascar, and named Caerostris darwini. The spider is famous for its homemade nets are so big and long and strong. Spider webs can span up to 25 meters.

One example, he can stretch over a river in Madagascar by more than 30 insects trapped in the net. Not only long, but the cobwebs are also two times more potent than other spider webs and 10 times stronger than kevlar material the same size.

3. bacteria Titanic

This is a bacteria found by scientists from Dalhousie University in Canada and the University of Sevilla Spain on the wreck of RMS Titanic.

Bacteria with the Latin name Halomonas titanicae it consumes iron and steel, was found embedded in the surface remains of the Titanic which sank in the Atlantic Ocean.

4. Sierra Madre lizard

Commonly called golden leopard lizard or iguana Sierra Madre Forest, a giant lizard is found in the forests of Sierra Madre in the Philippines island of Luzon.

Monitor lizard Varanus bitatawa's Latin name, weighs about 10 kg and a length of about 2 meters, and the daily spend time in trees and eating fruit.

5. leeches Tiran

Leeches are found in Peru, the lining of the nasal cavity of a person. Has a length of 5 cm, blood-sucking animal has a single jaw and large teeth.

He called Tyrannobdella rex (meaning king tyrant leech). At least now there are 700 species of leeches that have been studied. It is estimated there are more than 10 thousand species of leech in the world.

6. Underwater mushrooms

Scientists discover new species of fungus that can live under water. Fungus named Psathyrella aquatica living in the Rogue River Oregon River United States. Miraculously, this mushroom has gills and can bear fruit in the water.

7. bioluminescent fungi

These glowing mushrooms found in the Atlantic forest habitat and collected in Sao Paulo Brazil. This little mushroom is less than 8 mm in diameter with a cap diameter that is smaller than 2 cm.

It has a rod coated by the gel, and capable of casting light yellowish green. Professor of Biology from San Francisco State University who discovered this fungus, Dennis Desjardin named this species Mycena luxaeterna (eternal light).

It is estimated there are about 1.5 million species on earth. Only 71 of them which is a fungus that can berrcahaya.

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