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"I had thought it would be rather nice to call it Mindarus ebayi," said Dr Harrington.
"Unfortunately using flippant names to describe new species is rather frowned upon these days."
Instead, Professor Heie named the new species Mindarus harringtoni after Dr Harrington.
Catch that? In fact, it was probably the practice of naming new worms and other lowly new species after President George W. Bush that giving new species "flippant" names became frowned upon.
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