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Rare Free-Living Marine Nematode
May 29 , 2025
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- The Researchers discovered a new species of free-living marine nematode, a tiny worm-like creature, found on a sandy beach in Tamil Nadu.
- This new species was named Pheronous jairajpurii Datta & Rizvi, 2025.
- It belongs to a rare group of nematodes, the Pheronous genus.
- Free-living marine nematodes are crucial to ocean health and serve as important indicators for the condition of coastal ecosystems.
- Before the latest discovery, only two other species in the Pheronous genus were known.
- One found in South Africa in 1966, and another from China in 2015.
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