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Jennifer Lopez has had a water mite named after her

  • July 17, 2014
  • Brad O'Mance

Jennifer LopezJennifer 'From The Block' 'Jenny' 'Lo' Lopez has had a new species of water mite named after her.

Finally!

The little mite was dis­covered by a group of sci­ent­ists in a coral reef in Mona Passage, which as you well know is a body of water that separates Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

According to Billboard, the group were kept enter­tained by the music of Ms Lopez so decided to name this new species the Litarachna lopezae mite.

"The reason behind the unusual choice of name for the new species is…simple: J.Lo's songs and videos kept the team in a con­tinu­ous good mood when writing the manu­script and watching World Cup Soccer 2014," explained biologist Vladimir Pesic, who works at the University of Montenegro.

We're sure she'll be very honoured and perhaps the less we know about how her videos kept Vlad and co in a 'good mood' during those long days away from home, the better.

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