Yoda worm
A worm joined the list of creatures named after famous figures, such as the horse fly named Beyoncé and the trio of viscous beetles named American politicians.
A worm joined the list of creatures named after famous figures, such as the horse fly named Beyoncé and the trio of viscous beetles named American politicians.
The surprising similarity between fictional characters and wild creatures
A worm from the deep-sea remote ecosystem was named after the famous Star Wars movie character, the master Yoda.
Yoda purpurata (or Yoda purple), is one of three new species found at a depth of more than 2,400m in the Atlantic Ocean.
Professor Monty Priede of the University of Aberdeen (UK) said that his colleague Nick Holland decided to choose that special name for the new worm, because the big lips on both sides of the head reminded them of the ears. bizarre of the character, according to the report in the Invertebrate Biology magazine.
Experts who have used submersibles gather these specimens in a mission to study along the Central - Atlantic Ocean, between Iceland and Azores (Portugal).
Deep Yoda has joined the list of famous names, such as fish parasites named Bob Marley, horse flies beyonce and triplets of beetles George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.
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