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by Jordan Kulhanek

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New species of freshwater crustaceans found at the hottest place on Earth!

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New species of freshwater crustaceans found at the hottest place on Earth!

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Phallocryptus fahimii

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09397140.2020.1805139

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903095641.htm

https://scitechdaily.com/new-species-found-in-the-hottest-place-on-earth/

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/12/incredible-ecosystem-earth-s-hottest-spot

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This discovery could change the way technology works in the future. For example, if scientists could find out how they survive in such extreme temperatures, engineers could possibly incorporate something into a suit and a man could walk on the sun or jump into a volcano!

I chose this topic because I wanted to know about the living conditions, how they were found, and how hot the hottest place on earth is.

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The Lut Desert. "Located between 33° and 28° parallels and with its 51,800 km2 larger than Switzerland, this desert holds the current record for the highest ever-recorded surface temperature. Based on 2006 satellite measurements, NASA reported a record surface temperature of 70.7°C, which more recently has been increased to even 80.3°C. Dark pebbles that heat up are one of the causes of these record temperatures. Mean daily temperatures range from -2.6°C in winter to 50.4°C in summer with annual precipitation not exceeding 30 mm per year." "The desert receives the waters of the saline Rud-e-Shur River." "Almost deprived of vegetation, the Lut desert harbors a diverse animal life, but no permanent aquatic biotops (such as ponds)." "Aquatic life in the Lut remains highly limited, which makes this find particularly rare."

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The newly identified species belongs to the genus Phallocryptus of which only four species were previously known from different arid and semiarid regions.
they belong to a new species of freshwater Crustacea.
Almost deprived of vegetation, the Lut desert harbors a diverse animal life, but no permanent aquatic biotops (such as ponds).

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Interdunal: "An interdunal wetland, interdunal pond or dune slack is a water-filled depression between coastal sand dunes. It may be formed either by wind erosion or by dunal encroachment on an existing wetland."

Resilience: "the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness."
Aquatic: "relating to water."
Crustacean: "an arthropod of the large, mainly aquatic group Crustacea, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp, or barnacle."

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"The species were found in temporary freshwater lakes in the southern portion of the Lut desert. These freshwater lakes are formed by seasonal floods deriving from spring precipitations (March–April) in the surrounding areas. The flooded area consists of interdunal clay playas covered with a deep sand layer". "The water body has its greatest depth of 1.2 m, and relatively low salinity. The water temperature at the time of collection was 30.9°C."

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Female: 24.9–29.3 mm
Male: 21.6–22.5 mm

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"Phallocryptus fahimii, in honor of the Iranian conservation biologist, Hadi Fahimi, who took part in the 2017 expedition and sadly died in an airplane crash in 2018, found the species in a small seasonal lake in the southern part of the desert says the discovery is 'sensational.'"

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 "These Crustaceans are able to survive for decades in the dried-out sediment and will hatch in an upcoming wet season, when the aquatic habitat refills. They are perfectly adapted to live in deserts environments. Their ability to survive even in the Lut desert highlights their resilience."

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I hope you learned something new!