New Species from Alaska (IMAGE) Pensoft Publishers Caption This is a colorized scanning electron microscope image of the new species from Alaska Collected in 1873 but sat hiding in a museum collection room for 142 years before being recognized as a new species, named Exosphaeroma paydenae in honor of Joan Payden a passionate supporter of science at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Credit Kelsey Vo Bailey Usage Restrictions CC-BY 4.0 License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.