![This bomb-dropping worm, Swima bombiviridis, is among the top 10 species discovered in 2009, according to the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University. The annual roundup winnows down a list of about 20,000 species described each year to just a few mind-benders.
"It is a great way of getting the public involved in biodiversity," says Mary Liz Jameson, a biodiversity scientist at Wichita State University and chair of this year's selection committee. While the criteria for selection include scientific significance, Jameson admits that "the cool factor" also plays a part.
For example, the bomb-dropping worm found off the coast of California "has these green gills it can kind of throw off, and the predator will follow the gill instead of following the [worm], so it is tripping up the predator," Jameson said. "It's really cool."](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s27u5i_WbhuFQ1-rTGDDgj9A8Qa96ddUDD-cTol9kmCIV24cqcUdMl6Z69T2PNHxh9r-YD4-5jtbCo6awdysOg4tw8WgjmMO1XcHNgbpCmI4IB1Oxe9K_4IzakSk9EjsiGOkdWb4CSGLgga0TzjlRfe8klxbiSdTwbaxT8cYmwhW8=s0-d)
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