STORY: Teenager discovers new species in south China's Guangxi
DATELINE: July 18, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:15
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: SCIENCE
 
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A teenager in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has found a new species of freshwater crab. The finding was recently published in the scientific journal ZooKeys.
 
17-year-old Zhang Yixuan, a nature and biology enthusiast, found several crabs exhibiting unique characteristics when exploring a stream in Rongxian County last year.
 
Upon careful observation and extensive literature review, Zhang suspected that he found a previously unidentified crab species due to distinct differences in their morphology. 
 
Zhang then contacted Zou Jiexin, an expert from Nanchang University, who, after conducting an investigation into the crab's habitat, origin, and genetic information, confirmed it as a new species: Sinolapotamon cirratum sp.nov. 
 
The finding expanded the Sinolapotamon genus from 3 to 5 species and brought the total count of freshwater crab species in Guangxi to 43.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China
(XHTV)