Ecology Evolution New Research New Species Organisms When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love before Holly Bik February 26, 2013 cosmopolitan speciescryptic speciesDNA Barcodingmolecular phylogenyNew SpeciesOrganismsSea Slug A “species” is a hypothesis. And for microscopic critters, this hypothesis is very often wrong. Everyone knows I despise charismatic megafauna (especially dolphins). I will… View More When 2 becomes 12: Cryptic species need some love like they’ve never needed love before