Template:Did you know nominations/Distomus variolosus
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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:42, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
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Distomus variolosus
... that the sea squirt Distomus variolosus colonises both fronds of kelp and the shells of crustaceans such as the European spider crab?Source: https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/888
5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:01, 18 April 2022 (UTC).
Fivefold expansion within the past 7 days, QPQ done, no copyvio detected and everything cited (I'm assuming good faith on the source which is in French but supports the hook from my understanding). My only question is about the species of crab inhabited by this sea squirt. The article links to Maja squinado but the source says Maja brachydactyla; this link is a redirect to the first, but that article seems to suggest that the two are distinct species? Just wondered whether this could be cleared up, but good to go apart from that. BigDom (talk) 19:19, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- BigDom, World Register of Marine Species indicates that M. brachydactyla was initially described as a variant of M. squinado, but was later accepted as a full species. As a valid species, I've turned M. brachydactyla into its own article. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:08, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- @Premeditated Chaos: Thanks for clearing that up. @Cwmhiraeth: Are you able to reword the hook or find an alternative source to support the current one (and the corresponding line in the article)? BigDom (talk) 06:02, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
- BigDom, World Register of Marine Species indicates that M. brachydactyla was initially described as a variant of M. squinado, but was later accepted as a full species. As a valid species, I've turned M. brachydactyla into its own article. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:08, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
- ALT1 ... that the sea squirt Distomus variolosus colonises both fronds of kelp and the shells of crustaceans such as the spider crab, Maja brachydactyla?
- @BigDom: Thanks. I have changed the hook to ALT1 and the article. The source photograph was taken in Britany, so Maja brachydactyla is good now that the original species has been split. Cwmhiraeth (talk)
Promoting ALT1 to Prep 7 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 08:42, 29 April 2022 (UTC)