Publik membantu menamai kaiton laut dalam langka Ferreiraella populi

Minggu, 08 Februari 2026

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Seekor kaiton laut dalam yang baru ditemukan dinamai Ferreiraella populi melalui kampanye daring global yang menerima lebih dari 8.000 saran. Spesies yang ditemukan di Palung Izu-Ogasawara Jepang ini menghormati keterlibatan publik dalam deskripsi ilmiahnya. Upaya ini menyoroti cara inovatif untuk melibatkan orang dalam keanekaragaman hayati samudra.

Aliansi Spesies Samudra Senckenberg (SOSA), bekerja sama dengan Pensoft Publishers dan YouTuber sains Ze Frank, meluncurkan inisiatif penamaan publik untuk kaiton laut dalam langka. Makhluk ini muncul dalam episode seri YouTube Frank 'True Facts', mendorong penonton untuk mengirimkan usulan nama ilmiah beserta alasannya. Dalam satu minggu, lebih dari 8.000 ide membanjiri melalui media sosial. Para ilmuwan memilih Ferreiraella populi, di mana 'populi' adalah Latin untuk 'milik rakyat'. Menariknya, 11 peserta secara independen mengusulkan nama ini. Saran lain yang menonjol termasuk Ferreiraella stellacadens, yang mengingatkan pada bintang jatuh karena pola aesthete hewan tersebut, dan Ferreiraella ohmu, terinspirasi dari figur mirip kaiton dalam film Studio Ghibli. 'Kami kewalahan dengan tanggapan dan jumlah saran nama kreatif yang sangat banyak!', kata Prof. Dr. Julia Sigwart, ketua bersama SOSA di Institut Penelitian Senckenberg. 'Nama yang kami pilih, Ferreiraella populi, berarti 'milik rakyat''. Pertama kali ditemukan pada 2024 di kedalaman 5.500 meter di Palung Izu-Ogasawara, kaiton ini termasuk genus Ferreiraella, yang menghuni kayu karam di laut dalam. Ia memiliki delapan pelat cangkang berlapis baja, radula berlapis besi, dan menampung cacing di dekat ekornya yang memakan kotorannya. Kaiton, yang menyerupai hibrida siput-kumbang, dapat menggeliat menjadi bola untuk perlindungan dan berkembang biak dari air dangkal hingga kedalaman 7.000 meter. Deskripsi resmi muncul di Biodiversity Data Journal akses terbuka, hanya dua tahun setelah penemuan—linimasa cepat untuk konservasi di tengah ancaman seperti penambangan laut dalam. Sigwart menekankan urgensi: 'Seringkali butuh sepuluh, jika bukan dua puluh tahun, bagi spesies baru untuk dipelajari, dideskripsikan secara ilmiah, dinamai, dan diterbitkan... Ini krusial untuk konservasi keragaman laut'. Kasus ini menggarisbawahi keanekaragaman hayati yang belum dimanfaatkan di ekosistem kayu jatuh samudra dan nilai keterlibatan publik dalam taksonomi.

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