Species new to science named after a 'Dungeons & Dragons' character

(Pensoft Publishers) Focused on terrestrial gastropods, commonly known as land snails, a team of biologists from the Natural History Museum of Stuttgart, Germany and the Zoology Museum of S ã o Paulo, Brazil, have been researching the Brazilian caves. In their latest paper, published in the journal Zoosystematics and Evolution, the scientists describe the fauna from several caves in central Brazil, including a new tiny species named after a character from the popular fantasy role-playing game Dungeons& Dragons.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news