Resolving a 150-Year Anomaly: The KUFOS Seahorse Discovery
📊Summary Glossary
• Discovery: A new seahorse species, Hippocampus amandavincentae.
• Institution: Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS).
• Impact: Resolves a 150-year-old taxonomic confusion in Indian marine biology.
• Context: Part of a broader push for sovereign genomic audits in India.
For over a century and a half, the taxonomic identity