Crustacean with panda-like coloring confirmed to be a new species

Decades after it was first found in Japan, a species of crustacean with unique black-and-white coloring that resembles a panda has been confirmed to be new to science. Melitid amphipods are shrimp-like crustaceans found worldwide. The newly classified Melita panda—named after the charismatic mammal—was first found in the 1990s. Details of the discovery and morphological analysis are published in ZooKeys.