Elif Genceli of the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands found the new species in a pond on the Japanese island of Hokkaido and in an Antarctic glacier in 2007.
Elif Genceli s Tehnološkog sveučilišta Delft u Nizozemskoj otkrio je nove vrste u močvari na japanskom otoku Hokkaido i na jednom glečeru na Antarktiku 2007. godine.