"This shark, a namesake of the villain of Shakespeare's Othello, is a troublemaker for systematists and hence a kind of villain." "In sooth, we taxonomists are hard put to it to find names, but there have been far worse sources than the nonsense of Will Shakespeare." Oberon and Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream † Phyllodrepa icari Shavrin & Yamamoto, 2019 † Phyllodrepa daedali Shavrin & Yamamoto, 2019įossil species found in Eocene Baltic amber.
Pseudotanais uranos Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019 Pseudotanais gaiae Jakiel, Palero & Błażewicz, 2019
So he may have named this one after the mythical tragic King of Thebes, who unknowingly married his own mother." "Linnaeus had a penchant for giving primates names derived from mythology, sometimes with little obvious rationale. Linnaeus confused this myth with that of Gerana, princess of the pygmies, who was changed into a crane by Hera for committing the same lèse-majesté" The species was named after "Antigone, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy, who was metamorphosed into a stork for presuming to compare herself to the goddess Hera. This is a list of real organisms with scientific names chosen to reference works of fiction. Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
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