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 Genčeli sa Tehnološkog univerziteta Delft u Holandiji pronašao je novu vrstu u bari na japanskom ostrvu Hokaido i na jednom glečeru na Antartiku 2007. godine.