#NewSpecies!
New whip spider from #brazil just snapped:

Charinus giganteus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D162774-FFA5-F146-10B7-FBEACB203D4F
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.2.4
#Zootaxa #CharinusGiganteus

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#NewSpecies!
New blind fish from #indonesia just swam in:

Barbodes klapanunggalensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/496E3FA0-FAC9-534C-A265-2A80715B7F91
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1229.135950
#Zoosyst_Evo #BarbodesKlapanunggalensis

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#NewSpecies!
New karst loach from #china just swam in:

Karstsinnectes daxinensis

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BA75B4CD-0B3E-4EC6-AD2A-CB8556244BA7
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.133964
#Zoosyst_Evo #KarstsinnectesDaxinensis

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There were two options for todays entrance. High dry and skinny, low wet and less skinny (but we still had to dig it open because no one fit at first, however cobble moves, limestone bedding planes do not).

#caves #caving #speleology #CaveBiology #CaveBioLab #tight #space #squeeze #confinedSpace

#NewSpecies!
New cavefish from #china just swam in:

Sinocyclocheilus guiyang

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/67337E27-2D91-4C21-B557-AA36ECABDAA1
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zse.100.119520
#Zoosyst_Evo #SinocyclocheilusGuiyang

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#NewSpecies!
New whip spider from #brazil just snapped:

Charinus tocantinensis

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/527987E0-FF8C-FFD9-E5F0-1DBAFCF1FCA9
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.7
#Zootaxa

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#NewSpecies
New cave-dwelling millipede from Brazil just tiptoed by:

Pseudoporatia kananciue

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/EA0A0B4B-D304-D42E-F552-D50C582E45F4
Publication: http://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a16
#Zoosystema

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What a cute lil cave salamander :)

#cave #caves #caving #cavebiology #biology #herps #salamander #nature

#NewSpecies
New cavernicolous beetle from China just looked out:
Dongodytes mingruoae

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039587AD-BF14-FF84-FF7F-47A42752F800
Publication: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5243.1.1
#Zootaxa

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#NewSpecies!
The world's largest cave fish!
Discovered in India:
Neolissochilus pnar

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/30F90CC9-5D24-4CA6-A617-388687AB6AF3
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101011
#VertebrateZoology @SenckenbergWorld

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