10 Animal Species Named After Bands
What is it with scientists and Nightwish? A newly-discovered species of coral reef crab was recently named Tanidromites nightwishorum after the band. And three years before that, an insect was named Sciophila holopaineni after keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen by conservationist Jukka Salmela. Scientists don’t just love the Finnish symphonic metallers. Over the years, different species have been famously named (if you’re a science buff and read science papers) in tribute to bands like Queen (damselflies), Ramones (trilobites), Sex Pistols (trilobites, again), Muse (a wasp) and AC/DC’s Angus Young and his late brother, Malcolm (Australian arthropod fossils). It got us thinking… which other bands and musicians have been bestowed science’s greatest honour? We donned our white lab coats and g...
