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  2. List of organisms named after works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    The name refers to the fact that most specimens were collected in cocoa plantations in southern Bahia." [191] Ochyrocera charlotte Brescovit et al, 2018: Spider: Charlotte, Charlotte's Web "The specific name refers to Charlotte, the spider from the classic 'Charlotte's Web' by E.B. White and a great friend of the pig named Wilbur." [113]

  3. List of fictional arthropods - Wikipedia

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    A kaiju-like spider Ultraman Nexus: Cococinel Ladybird: Cococinel: Main character in a French-Belgian children's TV series. The Killer Bees: Killer bees: Saturday Night Live: A group of bees in a recurring sketch on the show Maya Bee: Maya the Bee: Main character in a popular German TV series based on the original novels. Pepe the King Prawn ...

  4. List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950 ...

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    A wandering spider from Laos, "named in honour of the British actor Dominic Monaghan who filmed together with the author in Laos for the documentary show Wild Things; Dom’s enthusiasm for nature in general, and spiders and other little respected animals in particular, was the driving force behind the production of this documentary."

  5. List of organisms named after famous people - Wikipedia

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    Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to distinguish them from other taxa. Following rules of Latin grammar , species or subspecies names derived from a man's name often end in -i or -ii if named for an individual, and -orum if ...

  6. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Drider – Half-Drow half-spider, a "monster that looks like a centaur only with the bottom half of a spider instead of a horse." [20] Gnoll – Vicious hybrid with human-like body and hyena-like head. It debuted in Dungeons & Dragons and then spread to other franchises including Warcraft and Pathfinder.

  7. List of shapeshifters - Wikipedia

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    Jorōgumo and Tsuchigumo (spider) Kitsune, Huli Jing, hồ ly tinh and Kumiho (fox) Kawauso (river otter) Kushtaka (otter) Lady White Snake, Ichchhadhari Nag and Yuxa (snake) Pipa Jing (jade pipa) Selkie (seal) Tanuki (racoon dog) Mujina (badger) Toyotama-hime (crocodile or shark) Tsuru Nyōbō (crane) Kaeru Nyōbō (frog) Hamaguri Nyōbō ...

  8. List of organisms named after the Star Wars series - Wikipedia

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    A wandering spider from Laos, "named in honour of the British actor Dominic Monaghan who filmed together with the author in Laos for the documentary show Wild Things; Dom’s enthusiasm for nature in general, and spiders and other little respected animals in particular, was the driving force behind the production of this documentary."

  9. List of organisms named after the Harry Potter series

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    Wolf spider: Aragog "This species is named after Aragog, the famous fictional spider from “Harry Potter” book series by J.K. Rowling, in a reference to the similarities between this species and the animatronic puppet version of the character used in the film “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, which is actually based on a wolf ...