Discovery ‘mermaid’ Species of Algae
In News A team of marine biologists has discovered a new marine algae species in the Andaman archipelago. Algae are chlorophyll-bearing and photosynthetic non-vascular organisms, which unlike plants do not differentiate into roots, stems or leaves. Key Points The new algae species has been named ‘Acetabularia jalakanyakae’, after the Sanskrit word ‘Jalakanyaka’ meaning the ‘goddess […]