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Detailed explanation-1: -Their discovery confirmed the existence of a previously-unknown species of Laboulbeniales - an order of fungal parasites that attack insects and millipedes . The species has now been named in honour of the platform where it was discovered.

Detailed explanation-2: -The fungus, whose host is a cave spider, has been named Gibellula bang-bangus by viewers of the Springwatch program following Dr. Evans’s initial investigations-based on the specimen’s morphology-considered it to be a new species. DNA analysis conducted by Dr.

Detailed explanation-3: -A resplendent rainbow fish, a frog that looks like chocolate, a Thai tarantula, an anemone that rides on a back of a hermit crab, and the world’s largest waterlily are among the new species named by science in 2022. Scientists estimate that only 10% of all the species on the planet have been described.

Detailed explanation-4: -After digging through museum collections, they found the same undocumented fungus on some millipedes. It has been named “Troglomyces twitteri".