A new species of water mite which was recently discovered near Puerto Rico has been named after Jennifer Lopez.

The scientists who discovered this bug enjoyed listening to JLo's music while they were writing up their findings for ZooKeys, the online zoology journal, according to biologist Vladimir Pesic.

The music of the Bronx, New York-born entertainer who has Puerto Rican roots was quite a hit with the group of the scientists while they wrote about their findings.

Mr. Pesic said that while he and other scientists supported different teams during the FIFA World Cup, they found a common ground with Lopez.

"As European, I supported Germany, but the whole team was united with JLo songs", he wrote.

"The reason behind the unusual choice of name which is Litarachna lopezae, for the new species is simple: JLo's songs and videos kept the team in a continuous good mood when writing the manuscript and watching World Cup Soccer 2014", said Pesic of the University of Montenegro.

The scientists collected the mite's specimens between 2010 and 2012 from a coral reef in Mona Passage, which lies between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

According to the study, the species was found at a depth of about 230 feet which is the greatest depth where the pontarachnid mites have been found till now. The study was organized by the University of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Coral Reef Institute.

Jennifer Lopez is not the first pop star whose name has been bestowed on such creepy crawlers. Mick Jagger has a type of trilobite marine fossil that has been named after him, Bono has a spider namesake and a marine parasite which is found only in the Caribbean was named after Bob Marley.