New Australian species 2019
Every year, taxonomists in Australia and overseas discover and name many new Australian species. You can keep abreast of these new discoveries using the Discoveries Dashboard below.
Click on an item to see a list of new species in that group, named since the beginning of the year.
There is also a dashboard page for species published in 2020
New species of insects and their relatives
281
New species of crustaceans
61
New species of centipedes, millipedes and their relatives
39
New species of slime moulds
5
New species of chromists (diatoms and their relatives)
3
New species of dinoflagellates
2
New species of apicomplexans
1
New species of vascular plants
117
New species of spiders and their relatives
51
New species of corals, sea jellies and relatives
3
New species of acanthocephalans
1
New species of vertebrates
46
New species of annelids (segmented worms and relatives)
14
New species of green and red algae
3
New species of water bears
2
