A newly-discovered, bright yellow snail has been discovered in the Florida Keys and named in honor of Jimmy Buffet's song 'Margaritaville.' The lemon-colored marine snail, along with its lime-green cousin from Belize, is the subject of a recent study ; researchers think these snails' bright colors might help deter predators.
The"Margaritaville" in Jimmy Buffett's famous song isn't a real place, but it's long been associated with the Florida Keys. This string of tropical islands is home to the only living coral barrier reef in the continental US, along with many animals found nowhere else in the world. One of them is a newly-discovered, bright yellow snail, named in honor of Margaritaville.
"Initially, when I saw the lime-green one and the lemon-yellow one, I figured they were the same species," says Bieler."But when we sequenced their DNA, they were very different." Moreover, says Bieler,"it's another indication that right under our noses, we have undescribed species. This is in snorkeling depth in a heavily touristed area, and we're still finding new things all around us."
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