Answer: New species of freshwater algae
Notes: Researchers discovered a new freshwater algae species, Sheathia rosemalayensis, in Rosemala, Kollam district, Kerala. It was named after Rosemala, the place where it was found. Sheathia species are extremely rare in India, with only one previously reported from the Himalayas. Sheathia rosemalayensis is documented only in the southern Western Ghats, a unique geographic region. Other species in the Sheathia genus, like S. assamica, S. indonepalensis, and S. dispersa, have wider distributions across Assam, Nepal, Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Hawaiian Archipelago.
