What does a glowing mushroom, a T-rex leech and a Pancake Batfish Have In Common? The 2011 Species Popularity Contest!!

The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University, made the 2011 Top 10 lists of species.

A quick summary, in no particular order:

1. Darwin's Bark Spider

2. Bioluminescent Mushroom
 
3. Bacterium

4. Monitor Lizard

Monitor Lizard picture taken by SqueakyMarmot

 

 

5. Pollinating Cricket

6. Duiker

Common Duiker (pic from wikipedia)

7.  Leech

Photograph of Tyrannobdella rex provided PLOS

8. Underwater Mushroom

9. Jumping Cockroach

10. Pancake Batfish

Scientists list top 10 new species