- ... that until the discovery in 1975 of the "living fossil" Neoglyphea inopinata (pictured), glypheoid crustaceans were thought to have been extinct since the Eocene?
- ... that the goose barnacle Lepas anserifera is found attached to driftwood, flotsam and even whales?
- ... that the spiny lobster Jasus caveorum lives only on one of the Foundation Seamounts in the southern Pacific Ocean?
- ... that the Cape Verdean spiny lobster Palinurus charlestoni is named after a French fishing boat?