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President Zelenskyy gets a ten-armed, many-clawed namesake

Ukrainian leader’s name is bestowed on a newfound ancient marine invertebrate.
A new species of preserved fossil feather star (marine invertebrates of the phylum Echinodermata).

A fossilized cluster of Ausichicrinites zelenskyyi (individuals indicated by black triangles). The species name honours a prominent world leader and a palaeontologist who studies marine invertebrates. Credit: Salamon, M. A. et al. R. Soc. Open Sci.

Scientists who discovered an ancient ocean-dwelling invertebrate with ten arms have named it in tribute to a man with only two: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy1.

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Nature 607, 638 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01967-7

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  1. Salamon, M. A. et al. R. Soc. Open Sci. 9, 220345 (2022).

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