Today's Newly Described Species Worldwide

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Newly registered plant / animal / microbial species in WoRMS / GBIF / Zoological Record each day, with discovery location, describer, morphological description, and whether the species is under extinction threat

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Today's Newly Described Species Worldwide05/12/2026, 14:58:50

32 New Names for Life: Today's Taxonomy Dispatch

~30 species newly described or registered on May 12, 2026: spotlight on a Jurassic pterosaur from PeerJ, a Sesame Street ghost pipefish, three same-day Zootaxa descriptions, and a milestone bacterial isolate from the phylum Minisyncoccota.