9 Incredible Species You May Not Know About

For animal lovers and those who love discovering new species every now and then, let me bring you the 9 incredible species discovered in 2022 before the year ends.

From sea anemone, parasitic wasp, stunning but non-venomous snake to cute owl species and more.

Paraliparis Selti

In the depths of the Atacama Trench some 6000 to 7000 meters deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers discovered this unfamiliar snail fish in 2022.

Scientist named the new species Paraliparis selti with "Paraliparis" being its genus and the species name, "selti" meaning blue in the Kunza language (an extinct language in northern Chile and Peru). Having notable for its large eyes and unique color. The new species has evolved from the cold-adapted species of the Southern Ocean. Its discovery opens new questions related to the connection between cold temperature and high pressure adaptation. It gives insights into how and when life went into the deep waters.

Paruroctonus Soda

~Is a species of scorpion in the genus "Paruroctonus. It lives in the deserts of Southern California where it is found in dry lake beds discovered by two Californian teenagers Harper Forbes and Prakrit Jain when they were scrolling the collaborative science platform iNaturalist and something caught their eye, a mysterious scorpion in the Mojave desert.

The two teens visited the sites of the iNaturalist observations—California’s Soda Lake and named the two new scorpion species as "Paruroctonus Soda" & "Paruroctonus Conclusus", the two new species of Playa Scorpions under dry lake sea bed of Central and Southern California.

Otus Bikegila

The Principe scops owl is a species of scops owl found only on Príncipe Island of São Tomé and Príncipe, an island country in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Africa. It was formally described only in 2022 due to its distinctive nighttime call.

Stylobates Calcifier

~ A new species of symbiotic sea -anemone discovered off coast of Japan found on the shells inhabited by the hermit crab.

Calcifer produces carcinoecium that forms a thin cover around the hermit crab species Pagurodofleinia doederleini. P. deoderleini shares a symbiotic relationship with S. calcifer.

Pristimantis Gretathunberg

~ A new amphibian named after famous Swedish Environmental Activitist Gretathunberg which is called as Gretathunberg's Rainfrog.

Ormyrus labotus

~This new wasp specifies actually represents 16-18 different species. This is when hidden diversity meets the eye.

Phalotris Shawnella

~ This is a non - venomous Paraguayan snake. What is unique to this snake is a yellow collar around its snake that separate species from similar snakes.

Cirrhilabrus Finifenmaa

~ Also known by its common name rose-veiled wrasse.

~ A species of Cirrhilabrus distinguished from congeners based on the following combination of characters: males with anterior third to half of body bright magenta, peach to orange-pink posteriorly; lateral line with 22–26 pored scales (16–18 in the dorso-anterior series, 6–8 in the posterior peduncular series); tenth to eleventh dorsal-fin spine longest (14.0–15.5% SL); scales on the opercle, chest, isthmus, and anterior third of the body with a dark purple-red central region, the markings joining to form a crosshatched appearance (purple in alcohol); dorsal, caudal, anal, and pelvic-fin rays purple in alcohol.

Hyloscirtus Sethmacfarlene

~ A toxic new frog species has been found in Ecuador and named after Seth Macfarlene. The frog was found by Darwin Recalde, a local field technician for a tv set "family guy" wherein a part of it is the exploration of the catalog of protecting species of Andes.

The frog's vibrant polka dot patterns serves as a warning of their toxicity. The juveniles are bright yellow.