RESEARCHERS scouring The Dark Side of the Lagoon have discovered a new species of shrimp with a prog rock twist.
The pistol shrimp with a striking pink-coloured claw has today been named after rock pioneers Pink Floyd by the music-mad academics who found it.
Head of research at the Oxford Museum of Natural History Sammy De Grave was one of the team who discovered Synalpheus pinkfloydi off the Pacific coast of Panama.
On each research trip he can expect to find between five and 10 new species, but he said it was clear this discovery was more than just Another Shrimp in the Wall.
'Pink Floyd shrimp' discovered on The Dark Side of the Lagoon
The pistol shrimp with a striking pink-coloured claw has today been named after rock pioneers Pink Floyd by the music-mad academics who found it.
Head of research at the Oxford Museum of Natural History Sammy De Grave was one of the team who discovered Synalpheus pinkfloydi off the Pacific coast of Panama.
On each research trip he can expect to find between five and 10 new species, but he said it was clear this discovery was more than just Another Shrimp in the Wall.
'Pink Floyd shrimp' discovered on The Dark Side of the Lagoon
