Bogidiella painushima_amphipod_Japan Ryukyu Islands (IMAGE)
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Bogidiella painushima is one of two new amphipod species described from cave waters in the Ryukyu Islands, a subtropical island chain in southwestern Japan that stretches toward Taiwan. Specimens of the species measure approximately 1.4–3.2 mm long, with the largest individuals approaching the size of a sesame seed. In this image, the head is on the right. Researchers found the eyeless, unpigmented, shrimp-like species in freshwater flowing through a cave on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa. The species name is derived from “painu-shima,” an Okinawan term meaning “southern island.”
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Mushi Ugomeki
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