List of things named after Charles Darwin explained
Several places, concepts, institutions, and things are namesakes of the English biologist Charles Darwin:
Places
Things named after Darwin in relation to his Beagle voyage
Scientific names of organisms
Some 250 species and several higher groups bear Darwin's name; most are insects.[1] [2]
- Darwinilus, a rove beetle
- Darwinius, an extinct primate
- Darwinopterus, a genus of pterosaur
- Darwinula, a genus of seed shrimp
- Darwinivelia, a water treader genus
- Darwinysius, a seed bug
- Darwinomya, a genus of flies
- Darwinella, a sponge genus
- Darwinsaurus, a dinosaur
- Darwinhydrus, a diving beetle
- darwini (multiple species)
- darwinii (multiple species)
- Minervarya charlesdarwini, a frog
Philosophies
Other
See also
Notes and References
- Miličić, D. . Lučić, L. . Pavković-Lučić, S. . 2011. How Many Darwins? – List Of Animal Taxa Named After Charles Darwin. Natura Montenegrina. 10. 4. 515–532. https://web.archive.org/web/20150724023555/http://natura.pmcg.co.me/NM10/Milicic_et_al_NM10.pdf. 2015-07-24.
- Jozwiak. Piotr. Rewicz. Tomasz. Pabis. Krzysztof. Taxonomic etymology – in search of inspiration. ZooKeys. 2015. 513. 143–160. 10.3897/zookeys.513.9873. 26257573. 4524282. free.