The scientific description of the deep-sea chiton Ferreiraella populi was published in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by the journal's own article page, PubMed Central mirror, Zenodo record, and multiple independent science news outlets, all consistent on the journal and publication details. [cascade flags: aggregator_dropped_primary_exists | tier=silver indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial on Original publication record: Biodiversity Data Journal 14: e180491, DOI 10.3897/BDJ.14.e180491 (upstreams: Biodiversity Data Journal (Pensoft Publishers), Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- This weird deep-sea creature was named by thousands of people online | ScienceDaily (seed:animals_and_wildlife)
- https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/180491/ (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12905592/ (corroboration)
- https://zenodo.org/records/18510025 (corroboration)
- https://bdj.pensoft.net/about (corroboration)