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... that until the discovery in 1975 of the "living fossil" Neoglyphea inopinata (pictured), glypheoid crustaceans were thought to have been extinct since the Eocene?
... that the shrimp-like 510-million-year-old arthropod Waptia fieldensis was named after two mountains?
... that the horse fly Scaptia beyonceae was named after singer and actress Beyoncé Knowles because of its striking golden behind?
... that the female sand wasp Ammophila sabulosa digs burrows in sandy ground, provisioning each burrow with a food supply of paralysed caterpillars, always laying one egg on the first caterpillar?
... that several pelagic gooseneck barnacles were once found attached to an American crocodile?
... that the Cape Verdean spiny lobster Palinurus charlestoni is named after a French fishing boat?