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In the second major Ocean Species Discoveries collection, more than 20 researchers collaborated to describe 14 new marine invertebrate species and two new genera from across the globe.

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Spiders of the genus Dysdera have undergone remarkable diversification in the Canary Islands, a region often described as a natural laboratory for studying evolution in isolation.

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Recognizing Nanotyrannus as a valid genus reshapes our picture of the late Cretaceous ecosystem.

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Scientists once assumed it was the only member of its genus in the region.

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Members of this genus are found throughout East Asia and the northern Indochinese Peninsula, where they occupy a wide variety of mountain habitats.

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