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| A group of scientists have named a water mite after Jennifer Lopez, after locating a new species near Puerto Rico. | A group of scientists have named a water mite after Jennifer Lopez, after locating a new species near Puerto Rico. |
| Rather than striking a canny resemblance to Lopez, biologists say that the Litarachna lopezae was given its new title as a "small token of gratitude" for the singer's music, which they listened to as they wrote about their findings. | Rather than striking a canny resemblance to Lopez, biologists say that the Litarachna lopezae was given its new title as a "small token of gratitude" for the singer's music, which they listened to as they wrote about their findings. |
| "The reason behind the unusual choice of name for the new species is ... simple: J.Lo's songs and videos kept the team in a continuous good mood when writing the manuscript and watching World Cup soccer 2014," said biologist Vladimir Pesic, who works at the University of Montenegro, according to Associated Press. | "The reason behind the unusual choice of name for the new species is ... simple: J.Lo's songs and videos kept the team in a continuous good mood when writing the manuscript and watching World Cup soccer 2014," said biologist Vladimir Pesic, who works at the University of Montenegro, according to Associated Press. |
| The mite was found at a depth of nearly 70m on a coral reef in Mona Passage, a dangerous body of water that separates Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. According to their study, this is the greatest depth that pontarachnid mite has ever been discovered. | |
| It's not the first time that scientists have honoured newly discovered organisms with the names of musicians: a blood-sucking marine parasite,Gnathia marleyi, honours reggae legend Bob Marley, Queen's Freddie Mercury has a species of isopod that lives on coral reefs off the coast of Zanzibar named Cirolana mercuryi in tribute to him, while Mick Jagger has a type of trilobite named Aegrotocatellus jaggeri named after him. There's even a Joshua Tree spider named Aptostichus bonoiafter U2's Bono. |