Entweni emangazayo eyatholwa, ithimba lososayensi abavela e-Australia nase-United States bathola uhlobo olusha olubonakala lusabeka emanzini ngemva kokuthatha uhambo lokucwaninga eduze kwase-Antarctica, ngokombiko othi Izindaba ze-CTV. Uhlobo olusha lubizwa ngokuthi uphaphe lwama-strawberry lwase-Antarctic njengoba lufana nokuma kwe-strawberry. Inezingalo ezingaba ngu-20 futhi umbala walesi sidalwa ungasukela “ku-purplish” ukuya “ngokubomvu ngokumnyama”.
Okutholakele okufanayo kwashicilelwa kujenali I-Invertebrate Systematics. Abacwaningi bahambe nohambo oluningana beya e-Antarctic Ocean phakathi kuka-2008 no-2017 befuna iqoqo lezilwane zasolwandle “eziyimfihlo” ezaziwa ngokuthi. I-Promachocrinus izinhlobo noma izinkanyezi ezinophaphe zase-Antarctic, eziphawule ngokuthi zineminyakazo "yamanye amazwe".
Ithimba lithathe amasampula avela emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa iSiple Coast, Diego Ramirez kanye nePrince Edward Island, ucwaningo lwengeza. “Sebebonke, ososayensi bakwazi ukuhlonza izinhlobo ezintsha eziyisikhombisa ngaphansi kwegama I-Promachocrinus, okwandisa ingqikithi yezinhlobo zezimpaphe zase-Antarctic ezaziwayo zisuka kolunye ziye kweziyisishiyagalombili,” basho.
Igama lesayensi lezinhlobo lithi 'Promachocrinus fragarius' futhi ngokocwaningo, igama UFragarius Lisuselwa egameni lesiLatini elithi “fragum,” elisho “sitrobheli.”
Abacwaningi baphinde bangeza ukuthi lezi izidalwa ezinkulu ezingaphila noma kuphi ukusuka kumamitha angama-65 kuye kwayi-1,170 ngaphansi kwamanzi. Inkanyezi ye-Antarctic strawberry feather star ibonakala iyisidalwa esifana nelinye izwe uma usibuka nje. Lapho umuntu esondeza eduze izithombe zesidalwa sasemanzini, isimo saso esifana nesama-strawberry kanye nokuthungwa kwayo kubonakala kakhulu.
Ngokwabacwaningi, i-taxa emnyama, noma izinhlobo ezingakatholwa, ezivela e-Antarctica zingathatha isikhathi eside kunokujwayelekile ukudalulwa nokuhlonza “ngenxa yemingcele esikalini sokuthatha amasampula okudingekile.” Ososayensi bangeze, “Ukuqonda ukuthi iyiphi i-taxa efihlekile ngempela futhi ibonakala kuphela ngedatha yamangqamuzana, kanye nalawo angama-pseudocryptic futhi angabonakala lapho izinhlamvu sezibuyekeziwe kuhlaka lwamangqamuzana kubalulekile. Ukuqapha ukuhlukahluka kwemvelo kudinga ukuhlonzwa okuqinile kwe-taxa futhi lokhu kungaba nzima kakhulu uma i-taxa ingaqondakali ngempela.”
Ucwaningo lwashicilelwa ekuqaleni kujenali I-Invertebrate Systematics ngoJulayi 14 2023.
