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News - 2019

Arachnid survey of ABC islands reveals new records and species

28 December 2019 - Sander Pieterse

Arachnid survey of ABC islands reveals new records and species

28 December 2019 - Sander Pieterse

A 2004-2005 arachnid survey on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao resulted in a spectacular 25 new species records...

New and endangered palm species described from Bonaire

19 December 2019 - Sander Pieterse

New and endangered palm species described from Bonaire

19 December 2019 - Sander Pieterse

A new endemic palm species from Bonaire, Sabal lougheediana, was recently described in Phytotaxa by M....

The emergence of a new reef coral on Curaçao

25 November 2019 - Hoeksema, B.

The emergence of a new reef coral on Curaçao

25 November 2019 - Hoeksema, B.

A new reef coral species has been discovered during research by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden in...

A new robber fly described from Sint Eustatius

19 April 2019 - John Smit

A new robber fly described from Sint Eustatius

19 April 2019 - John Smit

Recently a paper was published with a new robber fly species from Sint Eustatius: Efferia exaggerata. The...

13 new small marginelliform seashell species on Aruba and Curaçao

1 March 2019 - Sytske de Waart

13 new small marginelliform seashell species on Aruba and Curaçao

1 March 2019 - Sytske de Waart

During three weeks in December 2018 of intertidal sampling on Curaçao and Aruba, and two dives to 300 meters...

Four blood sucking insects new for the Dutch Caribbean Islands

11 February 2019 - Hannco Bakker

Four blood sucking insects new for the Dutch Caribbean Islands

11 February 2019 - Hannco Bakker

Recently published research identified four blood sucking insects on bats new for the Dutch Caribbean. One...