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Top 10 New Species For 2009 Part 3

How were the Top 10 chosen?
An international committee of experts, chaired by Janine N. Caira of the University of Connecticut, selected the top 10 new species for this year s list. Nominations were invited through the species.asu.edu Web site and also generated by institute staff and committee members.
The Caira committee had complete freedom in making its choices and developing its own criteria, from unique attributes or surprising facts about the species to peculiar names.
This year s committee members included Philippe Bouchet, French National Museum of Natural History and International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature; Daphne G. Fautin, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas; Mary Liz Jameson, Wichita State University; Peter Kämpfer, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, and Institut für Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen; Niels Peder Kristensen, Zoologisk Museum, ....

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Giant rabbit-sized snails found in Abu Dhabi suburb for first time

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One of the world’s most invasive species has been found in the UAE for the first time.
The Giant African Land Snail, which grows up to 20cm long, was discovered in Al Wathba on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi city.
The creature may have arrived on imported plant material, and although there is no record yet of it elsewhere in the country, experts said eliminating invasive species can be difficult.
In a new study, scientists analysed nine snails collected last year.
They lay a lot of eggs and produce a lot of offspring, so their populations will increase in size quite rapidly ....

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