[NEWS] Metal-dwelling crustacean now a Metallica namesake

When deep-sea scientist Torben Riehl discovered a new wormlike species, eyeless and less than half an inch long, existing in absolute darkness under extreme pressures in heavy manganese nodules some 13,500 feet below the surface of the water, he thought of Metallica. Paying tribute to his rock idols with a play on the metal-dwelling crustacean's habitat, and hoping to raise awareness about the potential effects of deep-sea metal mining, Riehl christened his discovery Macrostylis metallicola.

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