“Neostygarctus lovedeluxe”: The real-life animal named after “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure”
You know about tardigrades, a.k.a. “water bears,” right? These microscopic cuties, which some people even keep as pets:
In 2013, a previously-unrecorded species of tardigrade was found near the Miyako Islands in Japan, and was given the name “Neostygarctus lovedeluxe.”
The scientists who discovered the species explained the name as follows:
The specific epithet, lovedeluxe, refers to ‘Love Deluxe’, the name of a supernatural power enabling one to have complete control over one’s hair, which appeared in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 4: Diamond Is Unbreakable, a famous Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. The hairy appearance of the new species appears as if affected by the power of ‘Love Deluxe’ (Fujimoto & Miyazaki, 2013, p. 415).
Here’s what one looks like, next to its namesake, Love Deluxe (the hair-based Stand ability of Yukako Yamagishi):
Looks like Dr. Jotaro Kujo isn’t the only marine biologist who knows about Stands…
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Citation:
Fujimoto, S., & Miyazaki, K. (2013). Neostygarctus lovedeluxe n. sp. from the Miyako Islands, Japan: The first record of Neostygarctidae (Heterotardigrada: Arthrotardigrada) from the Pacific. Zoological Science, 30(5), 414-419. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.30.414
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