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Page 1 of 2 1 2 > Topic Options #206570 - 08/03/12 12:48 AM Caribbean Critter Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under Newly identified coral reef crustacean named after late reggae performer Bob Marley. A small parasitic blood-feeder that was found in fish that inhabit the coral reefs in the Caribbean has been named after the Jamaican stoner - the little critter has been designated Gnathia marleyi. read this (Elvis has a wasp named after him...I'll have to research this.) Top #206580 - 08/03/12 12:16 PM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: Candy] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5291 Loc: Land of the Flat Water I saw this on a different online science journal. Just have to be notorious of "of note" to get a crustacean or other bug named after you. A new butterfly species was noted here last week, first time ever in our area: probably due to the drought. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #206583 - 08/04/12 04:45 AM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: LukeJavan8] Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1705 Loc: down under Was that 'a new species' or a butterfly 'new to your area' Luke? Top #206587 - 08/04/12 11:29 AM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: Candy] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5291 Loc: Land of the Flat Water It is a butterfly new to the area: sorry I did not make that clear. Never before found here: probably something to do with the drought brought it in. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #206712 - 08/17/12 04:01 PM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: LukeJavan8] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1031 Loc: Lancaster, UK Land so dry made the butterfly, flutter by. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #206716 - 08/17/12 06:02 PM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: Rhubarb Commando] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5291 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Thou art a poet?? _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #206723 - 08/18/12 07:36 AM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: LukeJavan8] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1031 Loc: Lancaster, UK Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Thou art a poet?? But no one would know it Some of the thyme The verses don't rhyme And I often just can Not get the danged thigs to anything like scan. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #206728 - 08/18/12 11:28 AM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: Rhubarb Commando] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5291 Loc: Land of the Flat Water heh,heh (which reminds me, anyone heard from buffalo shrdlu)? _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #206732 - 08/18/12 12:30 PM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: LukeJavan8] Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1031 Loc: Lancaster, UK Not in ages. I hope he hasn't followed his moniker and gone extinct! _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise Top #206733 - 08/18/12 01:02 PM Re: Caribbean Critter [Re: LukeJavan8] zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3269 Loc: R'lyeh (which reminds me, anyone heard from buffalo shrdlu)? Yes. 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