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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:47, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Syracosphaera azureaplaneta

 * ... that a newly-discovered plankton species, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, has been named in honour of the BBC TV documentary series The Blue Planet, and of its narrator, Sir David Attenborough? Source:Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, has been named by UCL researchers in honour of the critically acclaimed BBC Blue Planet series and its presenter Sir David Attenborough.
 * ALT1:... that a newly-discovered species of phytoplankton, was named in honour of the BBC TV wildlife documentary series, The Blue Planet and its presenter, Sir David Attenborough?
 * Commment:Just an afterthought to say that I have emailed the scientists involved (one of whom is a Wikipedia editor) to encourage them to supply a CC-By-SA electron microscope image of this new species if at all possible.
 * Reviewed: Hemicentrotus

Created/expanded by Nick Moyes (talk). Self-nominated at 09:06, 19 April 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Article created within the last seven days, is over the required prose size and has no copyvio issues. The article is well written and suitably referenced and the hook is supported by an inline citation. User has submitted a QPQ review to meet the requirement. Hook is good to go. Kosack (talk) 19:38, 19 April 2018 (UTC)