Keratan Akhbar: New Species Of Marine Copepod (Daily Express (KK)) – Prof. Madya Dr. Azman Abdul Rahim

The “Peltidium penyu” was identified by a research team led by Associate Professor Dr Azman Abdul Rahim of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia during a marine biodiversity survey.

(Courtesy of the Faculty of Science and Technology UKM Facebook)

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Further reading:

Full research article can be found here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/403117994_A_new_species_of_marine_cave_copepod_Peltidium_penyu_Copepoda_Harpacticoida_Peltidiidae_from_the_Turtle_Tomb_Sipadan_Island_Sabah_Malaysia

Coverage by the News Straits Times:

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/03/1402928/new-species-marine-copepod-found-sipadans-turtle-tomb