Rastafarian Parasites, Trout Magnetoreception
| Autor: | Craig Bettenhausen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 90:48 |
| ISSN: | 2157-4936 0009-2347 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/cen-09033-newscripts |
| Popis: | When you think of reggae music, a song by Bob Marley probably starts playing in your head. Now, thanks to Arkansas State University marine biologist Paul C. Sikkel, the same thing might happen when you think of small parasitic crustaceans in the Caribbean Sea that feed off the blood of fish. Sikkel and his team present an organism that fits that description in the July 6 issue of Zootaxa. “I named this species after Marley because of my respect and admiration for Marley’s music,” Sikkel said in a press release about the newly discovered organism. Gnathia marleyi is also “as uniquely Caribbean” as the influential singer, guitarist, and songwriter, Sikkel added. To learn how the species-naming process works, the Newscripts gang spoke with Daphne G. Fautin, vice president of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, which sets the guidelines for naming newly discovered creatures. The first step is to comb ... |
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