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New shrimp named after scientist

It's white, around 6cm long and has so far only been seen scuttling across the soft sediment floor five to six miles below the world's deepest ocean.
Close-up photo of a male Princaxelia jamiesoni -courtesy of National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research, New Zealand Dr Alan Jamieson Photo of the male and female Primcaxelia jamiesoni , courtesy of National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research (New Zealand)
It's a new species of shrimp and it's been named Princaxelia jamiesoni after the University of Aberdeen scientist who discovered it in trenches at the bottom of the North West Pacific Ocean.
And it's almost four decades since the last 'new' member of this shrimp family was discovered.

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