FEATURE: New mite species named twitter discovered via tweet in Japan
A team of Japanese and Austrian researchers has named a new mite species twitter after its discovery through photos posted on the social media platform by an amateur photographer visiting a fishing spot near Tokyo.
The new species formally called Ameronothrus twitter was recognized after Satoshi Shimano, a professor who specializes in the study of mites at Japan s Hosei University, came across the tweeted photos by chance and then contacted the poster to find out where they were taken.
Compiled photo shows a wharf at a fishing port in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture (A), a colony of Ameronothrus twitter mites (B), and an original photo of the mites shared on Twitter by Takamasa Nemoto (C). (Photo courtesy of Satoshi Shimano and Takamasa Nemoto)(Kyodo)