Environment
A New Species of Ocean Pillbug Was Discovered in Los Angeles
The critter was found kickin’ it on a “dirty, little, rocky beach” near the city’s port.
Say hello to L.A.’s newest celeb—a tiny, previously unknown “marine pillbug” riddled with all sorts of interesting tubercles and uropods.
Researchers heralded the discovery of the homely creature yesterday in the journal ZooKeys, publishing glamour shots only a xenocrab from Zubenelgenubi could love. Here’s a male and female doing the invertebrate equivalent of canoodling, for instance: