The 2017 Top 10 Alphabetical order by scientific name - species are not ranked
SHARE:- "Sorting Hat" Spider (Eriovixia gryffindori)
- Unexpected Katydid (Eulophophyllum kirki)
- Omnivorous Root Rat (Gracilimus radix)
- 414-legged Millipede (Illacme tobini)
- "Dragon" Ant (Pheidole drogon)
- Freshwater Stingray (Potamotrygon rex)
- Swimming Centipede (Scolopendra cataracta)
- Bush Tomato (Solanum ossicruentum)
- Endangered Orchid (Telipogon diabolicus)
- "Churro" Marine Worm (Xenoturbella churro)
- Map view of species locations (Google Maps)
2017 Species Selection Committee
Members of the international selection committee are:
- Dr. Antonio G. Valdecasas, chair Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC,Spain
- Dr. Cristina Damborenea Museo de La Plata, Argentina
- Dr. James A. Macklin Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
- Dr. Ellinor Michel Natural History Museum, United Kingdon
- Prof. Aharon Oren The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Dr. Alan Paton Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, United Kingdom
- Dr. Andrew Polaszek Natural History Museum, United Kingdom
- Dr. Menno Schilthuizen Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Leiden University, Netherlands
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Dr. John Sullivan NIH/NLM/NCBI
- Dr. Zhi-Qiang Zhang Landcare Research, New Zealand
Click on the images above to access species pages.
The ESF International Institute for Species Exploration
The International Institute for Species Exploration is dedicated to
- the exploration, inventory, and classification of earth’s species
- public awareness of the biodiversity crisis
- advocacy for the important roles played by taxonomy and natural history museums
- the advancement of cybertaxonomy and the application of cyber and digital tools to accelerate and improve comparative morphology, descriptive taxonomy, and phylogenetic classification
The Top 10 New Species list is released around May 23 each year in to coincide with the birthday of Carolus Linnaeus. Linnaeus is the “Father of Taxonomy” and his work in the mid-18th century was the beginning point for “modern” naming and classification of plants and animals.
What on Earth?
by Quentin Wheeler and Sara Pennak
What on Earth? is a compendium of the 100 coolest, weirdest, and most intriguing new species of this century as determined by the International Institute for Species Exploration.
Contact
A news release is available on request.
For additional information or to request an interview, please contact:
- Claire Dunn, SUNY-ESF Communications
- Quentin Wheeler, IISE Founding Director and President, SUNY-ESF